AIR POLLUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2001

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 landscapes
CHMI, ČHMÚ  Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
CHUVE  protected areas with regard to the limit values for the protection of ecosystems and vegetation
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
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
LAT  lower assessment threshold
LfUG 

Landesamt fr Umwelt und Geologie Dresden, Germany
LH  Forest Management (VÚLHM, VÚLHM – Opočno)
LV  limit value
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
MT  margin of tolerance
NP 

national park
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
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