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ORGANIZATION

Abbreviation

Organization

ČEZ ČEZ Inc.
ČGS Czech Geological Survey
ČHMÚ / CHMI Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
Ekx Ekotoxa
FP FRANTSCHACH PULP@PAPER, a.s.  TĚTÍ
HBÚ AV ČR Hydrobiological Institute AS CR
HS Public Health Service
IFER Institute for Forest Ecosystems Research
IMGW Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Wroclaw, Poland
LfUG Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie Dresden, Germany
MPl Plzeň City
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
OÚ u District Authority in  umperk
PIOS State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, Poland
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.
MEASURE SUBSTANCE AND QUANTITIES

Abbreviation

Measure Substance / Quantity

A anthracene
Ac acenaphthene
ACET acethylene
Acl acenaphthylene
Al aluminium
alpha-HCH alpha-HCH
As arsenic
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
CCl4 tetrachlormethane, carbontetrachlor
Cd cadmium
CH4 methane
CHEX cyclohexane
Cl chlorine
CLB chlorbenzene
CM chloromethane
CO carbon monoxide
Co cobalt
CP cyclopentane
Cr chromium
CRY chrysene
Cu copper
DBahA dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
DCLs sum of dichlorbenzenes
DCM dichlormethane
delta-HCH delta-HCH
DMB22 2,2-dimethylbutane
DMB23 2,3-dimethylbutane
EBZN ethylbenzene
ETAN ethane
ETEN ethene
F11 Freon 11
F12 Freon 12
D113 Freon 113
Fe iron
FEN phenanthrene
Fl fluorene
FLU fluoranthene
gamma-HCH gamma-HCH
GLRD global radiation
h relative air humidity
H2S hydrogen sulfide
HCB hexachlorbenzene
HCH hexachlorcyclohexane
Hg mercury
HNO3 nitric acid
I_OKT i-octane
I123cdP ideno(1,2,3,-cd) pyrene
IBUT i-butane
IPEN i-pentane
ISOP isoprene
K potassium
MCPT methyl cyclopentane
Mg magnesium
MH23 2+3 methylhexane
MHP23 2+3 methylheptane
Mn manganese
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
PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - sum
PAHs_TEQ toxic equivalent of sum PAHs
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
PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls - sum
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
S sulphur
Sb antimony
SBUT sum of butene
Se selenium
Si silicon
SO2 sulphur dioxide
SO4 sulphate - particles
SPM suspended particulate matter
SPTN sum of pentene
Sr strontium
STYR styrene
T temperature (unspecified)
T10m temperature 10 m above terrain
T2m temperature 2 m above terrain
TCE trichlorethane
TCL trichlormethane
TCM trichlorethylene
TECE tetrachlorethylene
Ti titanium
TLN toluene
TMBs sum of trimethylbenzenes
V vanadium
WD wind direction
WROSE wind rose
WV wind velocity
XYs sum of xylens
Zn zinc
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-FID gas chromatography - flame-ionization detection
GCH-MS gas chromatography - mass detection (for PAH)
GCH-PID gas chromatography - photo-ionization detection
GCH-VOC gas chromatography - volatile org. compounds
GRV gravimetry
GUAJA guajacol (modif. Jakobs-Hochheiser) method - spectrophotometry
HAIR hair hygrometer
HPLC high pressure liquid chromatography
CHLM chemiluminescence
IC iont chromatography
ICP-AES inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectrometry
ICP-MS inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry
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
SONIC measuring of the propagation of the short, wind-borne pulses of ultrasonic sound in three perpendicular directions
SP-H2S spectrophotometry for H2S
TDM temperature difference method
TEOM tapered element oscillating microbalance (TEOM)
TLAM triethanolamine spectophotometry
U-SONIC ultrasonic anemometer
UVABS UV absorption
UVFL UV fluorescence
WGAE spectrophotometry with TCM and fuchsin (West-Gaeke)
XRF X-ray fluorescence
MEASUREMENT INTERVALS

Abbreviation

Description

10 min/3 dint 10-minutes sample twice a week at 12:00
30 min measured half-hour concentration
24h measured average daily concentration
24 h/3 dint measured 24 h sample once in 3 days
24 h/5 dint measured 24 h sample once in 5 days
24 h/6 dint measured 24 h sample once in 6 days
24 h/7 dint measured 24 h sample once in 7 days
7 d measured weekly concentration
7 d/ 1 mint measured weekly concentration once in a month
14 d measured 14-day concentration
14 d/1 mint measured 14-day concentration once in a month
14 d/1 qint measured 14-day concentration once in a quarter
7 d/1 qint measured weekly concentration once in a quarter
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation

Description

4MV, 19MV, 25MV, 36MV4th, 19th, 25th, 36th highest value in a calendar year for the given time interval
50%kv 50th percentile
90%kv 90th percentile
95%kv 95th percentile
98%kv 98th percentile
AIM automated air pollution monitoring
AMS automated monitoring station
C1q, C2q, C3g, C4qnumber of values from which the arithmetic average is calculated for the given quarter
cond measured sample conductivity
č.p. absolute frequency of exceedence of IHd
č.p.% relative frequency of exceedence of IHd
DAT. date of occurrence of MAX.
dv length of the longest continuous failure
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
LV limit value
MAX. daily maximum for the year
MAX8h daily maximum for the year for ozone in the time period 9.00 - 17.00 h. UTC
mc monthly measurement frequency
MT margin of tolerance
N number of measurements in the year
pLV LV exceedance
pMT LV+MT exceedance
rain precipitation amount 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
SRS information, alert and control system
TE permitted number of exceedances
VoL Number of LV exceedences
VoM Number of LV+MT exceedences
X annual arithmetic average
X1q, X2q, X3q, X4qQuarterly arithmetic average
XG Annual geometric average
Xm Monthly arithmetic average