AIT POLLUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2000

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute - Air Quality Protection Division




LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AIM

Automated Air Pollution Monitoring (AMS, AMS-SRS)

AMS

Automated Monitoring Station

AMS-SRS

AMS - Smog Regulation System

BTX

aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants

CDV

Transport Research Centre

CHMI, ČHMÚ

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

ČEZ

Chvaletice Power Plant, ČEZ utility

ČGÚ

Czech Geological Survey

ČIŽP

Czech Environmental Inspection Office

DST

Daylight Saving Time

Ekx

Ekotoxa, Ltd.

EMě

Mělník Power Plant

GAW

Global Atmosphere Watch

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLRD

global radiation

h

air humidity

HM

heavy metals

HS

Public Health Service

ICP-AES

inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectrometry

ICP-MS

inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry

IFER 

Institute for Forest Ecosystems Research

IH8h  

eight-hour air pollution limit value

IHd  

daily air pollution limit value

IHk  

half-hour air pollution limit value

IHr  

annual air pollution limit value

IMGW 

Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Wroclaw, Poland

IPCC 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISKO 

Air Quality Information System

KMon 

municipal monitoring stations (Šumperk District; Břeclav, Hodonín, Vsetín, Zlín and Olomouc Municipal Authorities)

Kwl

Kolowrat Forests

LfUG 

Landesamt fr Umwelt und Geologie Dresden, Germany

LH 

Forest Management (VÚLHM, VÚLHM – Opočno)

MAN 

manually operated measurements

MPl 

Plzeň City

MÚPu

Municipal Authority of the town Pardubice

MÚTř 

Municipal Authority of the town Třinec

MŽP ČR 

Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic

ORG, ORGREZ 

Organization for the Rationalization  of Power Plants

atmospheric pressure

PAH 

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

PCB 

polychlorinated biphenyls

PCDD/F 

polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans

PIOS 

State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, Poland

PM10  

particulate matter fraction < 10 μm

POPs 

persistent organic pollutants

PPŽP 

Programme of Care for the Environment

REZZO 

Register of Emissions and Air Pollution Sources

SPM 

suspended particulate matter

SRS 

Smog Regulation System

SZÚ 

National Health Institute

air temperature

T2m 

temperature at 2 m above surface

T10m 

temperature at 10 m above surface

UTC 

Universe Time Co-ordinated

VOC 

volatile organic compounds

VÚLHM 

Forest Management and Gamekeeping Research Institute

VÚRV 

Research Institute of Plant Production

VÚV 

Water Management Research Institute T.G.M.

VÚZT 

Research Institute of Agricultural Technology

WIOS 

Wojewodski Inspektorat Ochrony Srodowiska J. Gora, Poland

WV

wind velocity

WD 

wind direction

XRF 

X-ray fluorescence