List of abbreviations

ORGANIZATION   MEASURE SUBSTANCE   MEASUREMENT METHODS   MEASUREMENT INTERVALS   OTHER ABBREVIATIONS  

ORGANIZATION

Abbreviation

Organization

ČEZ Chvaletice Power Plant,ČEZ utility
ČGÚ Czech Geological Survey
ČHMÚ Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
Ekx Ekotoxa
EMě Mělník Power Plant
HS Public Health Service
Kkr Kaučuk Kralupy a.s.
Kwl Kolowrat Forests
LfUG Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie Dresden, Germany
MÚBř Municipal Authority of the town Břeclav
MÚHo Municipal Authority of the town Hodonín
MÚOl Municipal Authority of the town Olomouc
MÚPa Municipal Authority of the town Pardubice
MÚTř Municipal Authority of the town Třinec
MÚVs Municipal Authority of the town Vsetín
MÚZl Municipal Authority of the town Zlín
ORGREZ Organization for the Rationalization of Power Plants
OÚ u Regional Authority of the  umperk region
SIMP Infrastructure Management of the town Plzeň
Sne Spolana Neratovice a.s.
SZÚ National Health Institute
VÚLHM Forest Management and Gamekeeping Research Institute
VÚLHMO VULHM - Opočno
VÚRV Research Institute of Plant Production
VÚV Water Management Research Institute T.G.M.
WIOS Wojewodzki Inspektorat Ochrony Srodowiska J. Gora, Poland
MEASURE SUBSTANCE AND QUANTITIES

Abbreviation

Measure Substance / Quantity

A anthracene
Ac acenaphthene
ACET acethylene
Acl acenaphthylene
Ag silver
Al aluminium
alpha-HCH alpha-HCH
As arsenic
Au gold
Ba barium
BaA benzo(a)anthracene
BaP benzo(a)pyrene
BbF benzo(b)fluoranthene
Be beryllium
beta-HCH beta-HCH
BghiPRL benzo(g,h,i) perylene
BkF benzo(k)fluoranthene
Br bromine
BZN benzene
Ca calcium
Cd cadmium
CH4 methane
CHEX cyclohexane
Cl chlorine
CO carbon monoxide
Co cobalt
CP cyclopentane
Cr chromium
CRY chrysene
Cs cesium
Cu copper
DBahA dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
delta-HCH delta-HCH
DMB22 2,2-dimethylbutane
DMB23 2,3-dimethylbutane
EBZN ethylbenzene
ETAN ethane
ETEN ethene
FEN phenanthrene
Fe iron
Fl fluorene
FLU fluoranthene
Ga gallium
gamma-HCH gamma-HCH
Ge germanium
GLRD global radiation
h relative air humidity
H2S hydrogen sulfide
HCB hexachlorbenzene
Hg mercury
HNO3 nitric acid
I iodine
I_OKT i-octane
I123cdP ideno(1,2,3,-cd) pyrene
IBUT i-butane
IPEN i-pentane
ISOP isoprene
K potassium
La lanthanum
MCPT methyl cyclopentane
Mg magnesium
MH23 2+3 methylhexane
MHP23 2+3 methylheptane
Mn manganese
Mo molybdenum
MP23 2+3 methylpentane
MPXY m,p-xylene
MXY m-xylene
N naphtalene
N_OKT n-octane
Na sodium
NBUT n-butane
NH3 ammonia
NH4 ammonium particles
NHEP n-heptane
NHEX n-hexane
Ni nickel
NO nitrogen monoxide
NO2 nitrogen dioxide
NO3 nitrate - particles
NONN nonane
NOx nitrogen oxides
NPEN n-pentane
O3 ozone
OXY o-xylene
p atmospheric pressure
P phosphorus
PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - sum
Pb lead
Pb207/206 isotopic ratio 207Pb/206Pb
Pb208/206 isotopic ratio 208Pb/206Pb
PCB28 PCB28
PCB52 PCB52
PCB101 PCB101
PCB118 PCB118
PCB138 PCB138
PCB153 PCB153
PCB180 PCB180
Pd palladium
PM10 PM 10
pp-DDD p,p'-DDD
pp-DDE p,p'-DDE
pp-DDT p,p'-DDT
PRPA propane
PRPE propene
PXY p- xylene
PYR pyrene
RAIN precipitation amount
Rb rubidium
Rh rhodium
S sulfur
Sb antimony
SBUT sum of butene
Sc scandium
Se selenium
Si silicon
Sn tin
SO2 sulfur dioxide
SO4 sulfate - particles
SPM suspended particulate matter
SPTN sum of pentene
Sr strontium
T temperature (unspecified)
T10m temperature 10 m above terrain
T2m temperature 2 m above terrain
Te tellurium
Ti titanium
TLN toluene
V vanadium
W wolfram
WD wind direction
WROSE wind rose
WV wind velocity
Y yttrium
Zn zinc
Zr zirconium
MEASUREMENT METHODS

Abbreviation

Method

AAS atomic absorption spectrometry
AFS low-temperature gas atomic fluorescence spectrometry
APRESS atmospheric pressure measurement
BERTH Berthelot method - spectrophotometry
CAP capacitance sensor
CLM coulometry
ELMAG electromagnetic method
FUCEL el. fuel cell
GCH-MS gas chromatography - mass detection (for PAH)
GCH-VOC gas chromatography - volatile org. compounds
GRIES spectrophotometry with sulfanilamid and NEDA (Griess reaction)
GRV gravimetry
GRV-TK gravimetry - heavy metals
GUAJA guajacol (modif. Jakobs-Hochheiser) method - spectrophotometry
HAIR hair hygrometer
HPLC high pressure liquid chromatography
CHLM chemiluminescence
ICP inductively coupled plazma
IRABS IR corel. absorption spectrometry
OPEL optoelectronic method
PLRG polarography
PT100 resistance method
PUF+QUARTZ PUF+QUARTZ
PUF-GCH PUF - gas chromatography
QUARTZ-GCH QUARTZ - gas chromatography
RADIO radiometry - beta ray absorption
RAIN standard rain gauge
SKIN animal skin
SP-H2S spectrophotometry for H2S
TDM temperature difference method
TEOM tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM)
THOR thorin spectrophotometry
TLAM triethanolamine spectophotometry
UVABS UV absorption
UVFL UV fluorescence
WGAE spectrophotometry with TCM and fuchsin (West-Gaeke)
XRF X-ray fluorescence
MEASUREMENT INTERVALS

Abbreviation

Description

24h 24 hours
30 min 30 minutes
7 d weekly measurement
1 h hourly measurement
1 m monthly measurement
24 h/5 dint daily sample once in 5 days
10 min/7 dint 10-minutes sample twice a week
24 h/6 dint daily sample once in 6 days
24 h/7 dint daily sample once in 7 days
7 d/ 1 mint first week in a month
14 d/1 mint first two weeks in a month
14 d 14 14-days measurement
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation

Description

50%kv 50th percentile
95%kv 95th percentile
98%kv 98th percentile
cond measured sample conductivity
č.p.% relative frequency of exceedence of IHd
DAT date of occurrence of MAX.
dv length of the longest continuous shut-down
IH8h average eight-hour pollutant concentration; average eight-hour concentration is understood to be the mean value of concentration, as determined at a given site over a time period of eight hours
IHd average daily pollutant concentration; average concentration is understood to be the mean value of concentration, determined at a given site over a time period of 24 hours. Average daily concentration is also understood to be the mean value of at least twelve evenly distributed measurements of average half-hour concentrations over a time period of 24 hours (arithmetic mean).
IHk average half-hour pollutant concentration; average half-hour concentration is understood to be the mean value of concentration as determined at a given site over a time period of 30 minutes
IHr average annual pollutant concentration; average concentration is understood to be the mean value of concentration, determined at a given site over a time period of one year as the arithmetic mean of average 24-hour concentrations
MAX. daily maximum for the year for ozone in the time period 9.00 - 17.00 h.
mc monthly frequency
N number of measurements in the year
rain total precipitation measured by the standard method directly at the sampling site or at a station that can be meteorologically considered to be representative for the given site
S standard deviation
SG standard geometric deviation
X annual arithmetic average
XG annual geometric average
Xm monthly arithmetic average


Contents...