AIR POLLUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2004

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
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 Chvaletice Power Plant, ČEZ utility
ČGS Czech Geological Survey
ČIŽP Czech Environmental Inspection Office
DST Daylight Saving Time
Ekx Ekotoxa, Ltd.
FP FRANTSCHACH PULP@PAPER, a.s. ŠTĚTÍ
GAW Global Atmosphere Watch
GIS Geographic Information System
GLRD global radiation
h air humidity
HBI ASCR Hydrobiological Institute of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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)
KMPL Code of measuring programme in the given locality
LAT lower assessment threshold
LfUG Landesamt fr Umwelt und Geologie Dresden, Germany
LH Forest Management (VÚLHM, VÚLHM – Opočno)
LUCF land use change and forestry
LV limit value
MAN manually operated measurements
MPl Plzeň City
MÚHo Municipal Authority of the town Hodonín
MÚOl Municipal Authority of the town Olomouc
MÚPu 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
MŽP ČR Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
MT margin of tolerance
NP national park
OP protection zone
ORG, ORGREZ Organization for the Rationalization of Power Plants
OÚŠu District Authority in Šumperk
p atmospheric pressure
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCB polychlorinated biphenyls
PCDD/F polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans
PIOS State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, Poland
pLV number of exceedences of the limit value (LV)
PM10 particulate matter fraction < 10 μm
POPs persistent organic pollutants
PŽP 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
T air temperature
TE tolerated number of exceedences
T2m temperature at 2 m above surface
T10m temperature at 10 m above surface
UAT upper assessment threshold
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
Health Institute