AIR POLLUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2012

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute - Air Quality Protection Division





LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAS Atomic absorption spectrometry
AIM Automated Air Pollution Monitoring (AMS, AMS-SRS)
AMA Atomic absorption spectrofotometry AMA for mercury determination
AMS Automated Monitoring Station
AMS-SRS AMS – Smog Regulation System
AOT40 Accumulated Ozone Exposure over a threshold of 40 Parts Per Billion
AQIS, ISKO Air Quality Information System
BaP benzo(a)pyrene
BTX aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants
CAMx Comprehensive Air quality Model with extensions
CDV Transport Research Centre
CHLM chemiluminescence
CHKO protected landscape area
CHMI, ČHMÚ Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
CHUEV protected areas with regard to the limit values for the protection of ecosystems and vegetation
ČESRAF Česká rafinérská, a.s. Litvínov
ČEZ Czech Energetic Works
ČGS Czech Geological Survey
ČIŽP Czech Environmental Inspectorate
CLRTAP Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
CSO, ČSÚ Czech Statistical Office
ČÚZK Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
DST Daylight Saving Time
DTP daily flow type
EC elemental carbon
EEA European Environment Agency
Ekx Ekotoxa, Ltd.
ETC/ACM European Topic Centre for Air pollution and Climate change Mitigation
EU European Union
EU ETS European Union Emission Trading Scheme
EUROAIRNET European Air Quality monitoring network
FGMRI, VÚLHM Forest Management and Gamekeeping Research Institute
FP FRANTSCHACH PULP@PAPER, a.s. ŠTĚTÍ
GAW Global Atmosphere Watch
GC-FID gas chromatography - flame-ionization detection
GC-MS gas chromatography - mass spectroscopy (for PAH)
GC-PID gas chromatography - photo-ionization detection
GIS Geographic Information System
GLRD global radiation
GRV gravimetry
GUAJA guajacol (modif. Jakobs-Hochheiser) - spectrophotometry
h air humidity
HEL Cheb Hygienic and ecological laboratories Cheb
HFC hydrofluorocarbons
HM, TK heavy metals
HPCL high pressure liquid chromatography
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICP-AES inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectrometry
ICP-MS inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry
IED Industrial Emissions Directive
IFER Institute for Forest Ecosystems Research
IG ASCR, GLÚ AV ČR Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
IHB ASCR, HBÚ AV ČR Hydrobiological Institute of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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
IIS Internal Information System
IMGW Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Wroclaw, Poland
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRABS IR corel. absorption spectrometry
IRZ Integrated Pollution Register
ISKO Air Quality Information System
ISPOP Integrated System of Compliance with Reporting Duty in Environmental Areas
KMPL Code of measuring programme in the given locality
KRNAP Krkonoše Mountains National Park
LAT lower assessment threshold
LCP Large Combustion Sources
LfULG Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology
LH Forest Management (VÚLHM, VÚLHM – Opočno)
LULUCF Land use, land use change and forestry
LV limit value
MAN manually operated measurements
MPl the town of Plzeň
MŠum the town of Šumperk
MOLO the town of Olomouc
MP the minimum requested percentage of valid data
MT margin of tolerance
MÚPa Municipal Authority of the town of Pardubice
MÚTř Municipal Authority of the town of Třinec
MVM the town of Valašské Meziříčí
MÚVs Municipal Authority of the town of Vsetín
MZLl the town of Zlín
MŽP ČR Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
NFR Nomenclature for Reporting
NIPH, SZÚ National Health Institute
NIS National inventory system
NP national park
NSV the longest continuous failure of measurement in the given year
NUTS Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics
OC organic carbon
O/K/F-M Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek agglomeration
OP protection zone
OPEL optoelectronic method
ORG, ORGREZ Organization for the Rationalization of Power Plants
OÚŠu District Authority in Šumperk
OZKO areas with deteriorated air quality
p atmospheric pressure
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCB polychlorinated biphenyls
PCDD/F polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans
PD passive sampler
PFC perfluorocarbons
PHARE Poland and Hungary: Assistance for Restructuring their Economies
PIOS State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, Poland
pLV number of exceedances of the limit value (LV)
PM10 particulate matter fraction < 10 μm
PM2.5 particulate matter fraction < 2.5 μm
POPs persistent organic pollutants
PPŽP Programme of Care for the Environment
RADIO radiometry - beta ray absorption
REZZO Register of Emissions and Air Pollution Sources
ŘSD ČR Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic
SCHKO Z.h. Administration of Železné hory protected landscape area (A Zh PLA)
SIS National air pollution network
SLDB Census
SMBRNO Statutory City of Brno
SPE summary operational records
SPM suspended particulate matter
SRS Smog Regulation System
SSAE, SŠZE Žatec Secondary school of agriculture and ecology in Žatec
SVRS Smog warning and regulatory system
SYMOS System for Modelling of Stationery Sources
T air temperature
TE tolerated number of exceedances
TSP total suspended particles
TV target air pollution limit value
T2m temperature at 2 m above surface
T10m temperature at 10 m above surface
T.G.M. WRI, VÚV Water Management Research Institute T.G.M.
UAT upper assessment threshold
ÚDI Institute of Transportation Engineering of the Capital City of Prague
ÚH AV ČR Institute of Hydrodynamics AS CR
UN FCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UTC Universe Time Co-ordinated
UVFL UV-fluorescence
VČs Lime works, Čertovy schody, a.s.
VOC volatile organic compounds
VÚRV Research Institute of Plant Production
VÚZT Research Institute of Agricultural Technology
WD wind direction
WHO World Health Organization
WIOS Voivodeship Environmental Protection Inspector
WV wind velocity
XRF X-ray fluorescence
ZABAGED Geographic base data of the Czech Republic
Health Institute
ZÚ Praha Health Institute Praha
ZÚ, SMOva Health Institute, Statutory City of Ostrava