What this investigation is
The Stadhouderskade cabin is an automatic street station in the air-quality network managed by GGD Amsterdam for the municipality. Air is drawn into instruments inside the cabin, analysed on site and transmitted to the GGD. It records one traffic-exposed location so change can be examined over time.
Verified so far
- GGD Amsterdam says it manages the municipality’s automatic air-monitoring network.
- The current network page describes twelve cabins operating continuously, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
- The cabins sample outside air, perform automatic analysis on site and send data to GGD computers every hour for publication on Luchtmeetnet.nl.
- GGD classifies Stadhouderskade as a street station rather than a quieter urban-background station.
- The 2022 annual report identifies it as station 017 and says it has operated for decades.
- That report places the cabin on the unbuilt side of Stadhouderskade near a signalised intersection.
What to notice
- The visible cabin is only the enclosure; the measurement chain continues through its inlet, analysers, data transmission and public reporting.
- “Street station” describes a traffic-exposed sampling context, not an average for all Amsterdam.
- A long-running fixed station supports trend analysis because the location remains stable while traffic, policy and weather change.
Limits and media status
This brief does not freeze or interpret a live pollution value. Readings require a named pollutant, units, averaging period and validation context. The exact current instrument inventory inside station 017 has not been independently verified. No exact reusable station photograph was found; the diagram above is explanatory, not a depiction of the cabin or its current instruments.
Sources
- 1GGD AmsterdamLuchtmeetnet (opens externally)
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