AIR POLLUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2012

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute - Air Quality Protection Division





LIST OF FIGURES

Fig. –1 Scheme of ISKO’s links to data sources and co-operating systems 2012
Fig. I.1.1 Total emissions of basic pollutants in the Czech Republic between 1990 and 2012
Fig. I.1.2 Emissions of selected pollutants sorted out by NRF sectors
Fig. I.1.3 Fuel consumption in REZZO 3 sources, 1992–2013
Fig. I.1.4 The course of annual heating seasons in the Czech Republic expressed in degree-days (D21) and the average temperature of days with heating (Ts) – the average of all climatological stations for the period I.–V. and IX.–XII. in the years1990–2012
Fig. I.1.5 Permanently inhabited flats according to the prevailing way of heating in the year 2011 (Source: CSO)
Fig. I.1.6 Nitrogen oxides emission density from 5x5 km squares, 2011
Fig. I.1.7 Emission density of total suspended particles from 5x5 km squares, 2011
Fig. I.1.8 Sulphur dioxide emission density from 5x5 km squares, 2011
Fig. I.1.9 Carbon monoxide emission density from 5x5 km squares, 2011
Fig. I.2.1 Emissions of carbon dioxide structured by sectors, 1990–2011
Fig. I.2.2 Emissions of methane structured by sectors, 1990–2011
Fig. I.2.3 Emissions of nitrous oxide structured by sectors, 1990–2011
Fig. I.2.4 Emissions of F-gases, 1995–2011
Fig. I.2.5 Carbon dioxide emissions from the plants registered in EU ETS, 2005–2012
Fig. II.1.1 Major station networks of ambient air quality monitoring, 2012
Fig. II.1.2 Monitoring of basic pollutants in selected organisations – development
Fig. II.3.1 The zones and agglomerations for ambient air quality assessment and evaluation of ambient air pollution level according to the Act No. 201/2012 Coll. on Clean Air Protection.
Fig. II.4.1.1 Number of exceedances of 24-hour PM10 limit value in selected localities and the 36th highest 24-hour concentration PM10 at individual types of stations, Prague agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.2 Average annual PM10 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Prague agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.3 Number of days with concentrations of PM10 > 50 μg.m-3 in individual months, incl. total number of exceedances, Prague agglomeration, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.4 Average annual PM2.5 concentrations, Prague agglomeration, 2004–2012
Fig. II.4.1.5 Numbers of exceedances of the hourly limit value for NO2 at the traffic station Prague 2-Legerova (hot spot), Prague agglomeration, 2003–2012
Fig. II.4.1.6 Average annual NO2 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Prague agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.7 Average annual benzo(a)pyrene concentrations, Prague agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.8 Numbers of exceedances of the limit value of O3 in the average for three years, Prague agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.9 Field of the annual concentration of NO2, Prague agglomeration, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.10 Field of the 36th highest 24-hour concentration of PM10, Prague agglomeration, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.11 Average annual PM10 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Brno agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.12 Average monthly PM10 concentrations, Kuchařovice, 2005–2012
Fig. II.4.1.13 Average annual PM2.5 concentrations, Brno agglomeration, 2004–2012
Fig. II.4.1.14 Number of exceedances of 24-hour PM10 limit value in selected localities and 36th highest 24-hour concentration of PM10 at individual types of stations, Brno agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.15 Number of days with concentrations of PM10 > 50 μg.m-3 in individual months, incl. total number of exceedances, Brno agglomeration, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.16 Trend of hourly PM10 and NO concentrations in the locality Brno-střed, division into weekdays and weekends, averages for the years 2005–2012
Fig. II.4.1.17 Average annual NO2 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Brno agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.18 Average annual benzo(a)pyrene concentrations, Brno agglomeration, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.19 Field of the annual concentration of NO2, Brno agglomeration, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.20 Field of the 36th highest 24-hour concentration of PM10, Brno agglomeration, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.21 PM10 emissions in Europe in 2010
Fig. II.4.1.22 Number of exceedances of 24-hour PM10 limit value in selected localities and the 36th highest 24-hour concentration of PM10 at individual types of stations, agglomeration Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.23 Number of days with concentrations of PM10 > 50 μg.m-3 in individual months, incl. total number of exceedances, agglomeration Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.24 Average annual PM10 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, agglomeration Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.25 Average annual PM2.5 concentrations, agglomeration Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek, 2004–2012
Fig. II.4.1.26 Average annual NO2 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, agglomeration Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.27 Average annual benzo(a)pyrene concentrations, agglomeration Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.28 Numbers of exceedances of the limit value of O3 in the average for three years, agglomeration Ostrava/Karviná/Frýdek-Místek, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.29 Field of the annual concentration of NO2, Moravian-Silesian Region, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.30 Field of the 36th highest 24-hour concentration of PM10, Moravian-Silesian Region, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.31 Number of xceedanaces of 24-hour PM10 limit value in selected localities and 36th highest 24-hour concentration of PM10 at individual types of stations, Ústí nad Labem Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.32 Number of days with concentrations of PM10 > 50 μg.m-3, Ústí nad Labem Region, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.33 Average annual PM10 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Ústí nad Labem Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.34 Average annual PM2.5 concentrations, Ústí nad Labem Region, 2004–2012
Fig. II.4.1.35 Average annual NO2 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Ústí nad Labem Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.36 Average annual benzo(a)pyrene concentrations, Ústí nad Labem Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.37 Numbers of exceedances of the limit value for O3 in the averge for three years, Ústí nad Labem Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.38 Number of exceedances of 24-hour PM10 limit value in selected localities and 36th highest 24-hour PM10 concentrations at individual types of stations, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.39 Number of days with concentrations of PM10 > 50 μg.m-3 in individual months, incl. total number of exceedances, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region, 2012
Fig. II.4.1.40 Average annual PM10 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.41 Average annual PM2.5 concentrations, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region, 2005–2012
Fig. II.4.1.42 Average annual NO2 concentrations in selected localities and at individual types of stations, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.43 Average annual benzo(a)pyrene concentrations, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region, 2004–2012
Fig. II.4.1.44 Numbers of exceedances of the limit value of O3 in the average for three years, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.1.45 Trends of SO2, NO2 and CO annual characteristics in agglomerations, 1996–2012
Fig. II.4.1.46 Trends of PM10, PM2.5 and benzo(a)pyrene annual characteristics in agglomerations, 1996–2012
Fig. II.4.2.1 4th highest 24-hour concentrations and 25th highest hourly concentrations of SO2 in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.2 Field of the 4th highest 24-hour concentration of SO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.3 Stations with the highest hourly concentrations of SO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.4 Stations with the highest 24-hour concentrations of SO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.5 36th highest 24-hour concentrations and annual average concentrations of PM10 in 2002–2012 at selected stations with UB, SUB, I and T classification
Fig. II.4.2.6 36th highest 24-hour concentrations and annual average concentrations of PM10 in 2002–2012 at selected rural (R) stations
Fig. II.4.2.7 Field of the 36th highest 24-hour concentration of PM10 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.8 Field of annual average concentration of PM10 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.9 Stations with the highest exceedance of LV for 24-hour concentrations of PM10 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.10 Stations with the highest exceedance of LV for annual concentrations of PM10 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.11 Numbers of exceedances of the limit value for 24-hour concentration of PM10 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.12 Annual average PM10 concentrations at the stations with the exceedance of the limit value, 2008–2012
Fig. II.4.2.13 Annual average concentrations of PM2.5 in the ambient air in 2004–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.14 Field of annual average concentration of PM2.5 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.15 Share of localities with the exceedance of the limit value for 24-hour concentrations and annual average concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5, 2000–2012
Fig. II.4.2.16 Average monthly PM2.5/PM10 ratio in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.17 Stations with the highest exceedance of LV for annual concentrations of PM2.5 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.18 19th highest hourly concentrations and annual average concentrations of NO2 in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.19 Field of annual average concentration of NO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.20 Stations with the highest hourly concentrations of NO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.21 Stations with the highest exceedance of LV for annual concentrations of NO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.22 Maximum daily 8-hour running average concentrations of CO in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.23 Stations with the highest values of maximum daily 8-hour running average concentrations of CO in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.24 Annual average concentrations of benzene in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.25 Field of annual average concentration of benzene in the ambient air in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.26 24-hour concentrations at the stations with the highest annual benzene concentrations in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.27 26th highest values of maximum daily 8-hour running average of ground-level ozone concentrations (three-year average) in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.28 Field of the 26th highest maximum daily 8-hour running average of ground-level ozone concentrations in three-year average, 2010–2012
Fig. II.4.2.29 Numbers of exceedances of the limit value for the maximum daily 8-hour running average of ground-level ozone concentrations in three-year average, 2010–2012
Fig. II.4.2.30 Stations with the highest values of maximum daily 8-hour running average concentrations of ground-level ozone in 2010–2012
Fig. II.4.2.31 Annual average concentrations of lead in the ambient air in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.32 Short-term average concentrations of lead in the ambient air in 2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.33 Annual average concentrations of cadmium in the ambient air in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.34 Field of annual average concentration of cadmium in the ambient air in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.35 Short-term average concentrations of cadmium in the ambient air in 2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.36 Annual average concentrations of arsenic in the ambient air in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.37 Field of annual average concentration of arsenic in the ambient air in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.38 Short-term average concentrations of arsenic in the ambient air in 2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.39 Annual average concentrations of nickel in the ambient air in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.40 Short-term average concentrations of nickel in the ambient air in 2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.41 Annual average concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene in the ambient air in 2002–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.42 Field of annual average concentration of benzo(a)pyrene in the ambient air in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.43 Monthly average concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene in various types of localities, 2004–2012
Fig. II.4.2.44 24-hour concentrations at the stations with the highest annual concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.45 Concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene and PM10 particles in individual localities, 2008–2012
Fig. II.4.2.46 Trends of SO2, NO2, NOx and O3 annual characteristics in the Czech Republic, 1996–2012
Fig. II.4.2.47 Trends of PM10 , PM2.5 and benzo(a)pyrene annual characteristics in the Czech Republic, 1996–2012
Fig. II.4.2.48 Trends of selected characteristics of SO2, PM10, NO2 and O3 (index, year 1996 = 100), 1996–2012
Fig. II.4.2.49 Trends of selected characteristics of SO2, PM10, NO2 and O3 (index, year 2000 = 100) and PM2.5 (index, year 2004=100), 2000–2012
Fig. II.4.2.50 Annual course of average monthly concentrations of PM10, NO2, benzo(a)pyrene and max. 8-hour running average of O3 in the month (averages for the given type of station), 2012
Fig. II.4.2.51 Annual average concentrations of SO2 in 2002–2012 at selected rural stations
Fig. II.4.2.52 Winter average concentrations of SO2 in 2002/2003–2012/2013 at selected rural stations
Fig. II.4.2.53 Field of annual average concentration of SO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.54 Field of average concentration of SO2 in the winter period 2012/2013
Fig. II.4.2.55 24-hour concentrations at the stations with the highest annual concentrations of SO2 in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.56 24-hour concentrations at the stations with the highest winter concentrations of SO2 in the winter period 2012/2013
Fig. II.4.2.57 Annual average concentrations of NOx and NO2 in 2002–2012 at selected rural stations
Fig. II.4.2.58 Field of annual average concentration of NOx in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.59 24-hour concentrations at the stations with the highest annual concentrations of NOx in 2012
Fig. II.4.2.60 Annual values of ozone exposure index AOT40 in 2002–2012 at selected stations, average for 5 years
Fig. II.4.2.61 Annual values of ozone exposure index AOT40 in 2008–2012 at selected stations
Fig. II.4.2.62 Field of exposure index AOT40 values, average for 5 years, 2008–2012
Fig. II.4.2.63  Stations with the highest AOT40 exposure index values in recent 5 years, 2008–2012
Fig. II.4.3.1 Areas with exceeding of the health protection limit values,  incl. ground-level ozone, 2012
Fig. II.4.3.2 Areas with exceeding of the health protection limit values,ground-level ozone excluded, 2012
Fig. II.4.3.3 Areas with exceeding of the ecosystems/vegetation protection limit values in national parks and protected landscape areas, ground-level ozone excluded, 2012
Fig. II.4.3.4 Areas with exceeding of the ecosystems/vegetation protection limit values in national parks and protected landscape areas, including ground-level ozone, 2012
Fig. II.4.3.5 Limit value (LV) exceedances in the Czech Republic, % of the area, 2006–2012
Fig. II.4.5.1 36th highest value of maximum daily average of PM10 concentration, 2010
Fig. II.4.5.2 Annual average PM2.5 concentrations, 2010
Fig. II.4.5.3 26th highest value of maximum daily 8-hour running average of ground-level ozone concentrations, 2010
Fig. II.4.5.4 Rural map of the values of ozone exposure index AOT40 for crops protection, 2010
Fig. II.5.1 PM10 - total overview of the announced smog situations and regulations, 2012
Fig. II.5.2 The average daily air temperature, its long-term normal and daily total precipitation at the station Prague-Libuš for the period 1.–31.3.2012
Fig. II.5.3 The average daily air temperature, its long-term normal and daily total precipitation at the station Prague-Libuš for the period 1.10.–31.12.2012
Fig. II.5.4 The course of temperatures and precipitation at the station Prague-LibuÅ¡ with the indication of the days with ozone concentrations above 180 μg.m−3
Fig. II.5.5 Spatial distribution of maximum daily 1-hour concentrations of ground-level ozone in the territory of the Czech Republic, 25.7.–29.7.2012
Fig. III.1 Station networks monitoring atmospheric precipitation quality and atmospheric deposition, 2012
Fig. III.2 Fields of annual wet deposition of sulphur (SO42– - S), 2012
Fig. III.3 Fields of annual dry deposition of sulphur (SO2 - S), 2012
Fig. III.4 Fields of annual total deposition of sulphur, 2012
Fig. III.5 Fields of annual throughfall deposition of sulphur, 2012
Fig. III.6 Fields of annual wet deposition of nitrogen (NO3– - N), 2012
Fig. III.7 Fields of annual wet deposition of nitrogen (NH4+ - N), 2012
Fig. III.8 Fields of annual total wet deposition of nitrogen, 2012
Fig. III.9 Fields of annual dry deposition of nitrogen (NOx - N), 2012
Fig. III.10 Fields of annual total deposition of nitrogen, 2012
Fig. III.11 Fields of annual wet deposition of hydrogen ions, 2012
Fig. III.12 Fields of annual dry deposition of hydrogen ions corresponding to SO2 and NOx deposition, 2012
Fig. III.13 Fields of annual total deposition of hydrogen ions, 2012
Fig. III.14 Fields of annual wet deposition of fluoride ions, 2012
Fig. III.15 Fields of annual wet deposition of chloride ions, 2012
Fig. III.16 Fields of annual wet deposition of lead ions, 2012
Fig. III.17 Fields of annual dry deposition of lead, 2012
Fig. III.18 Fields of annual wet deposition of cadmium ions, 2012
Fig. III.19 Fields of annual dry deposition of cadmium, 2012
Fig. III.20 Fields of annual wet deposition of nickel ions, 2012
Fig. III.21 The development of annual deposition of sulphur (SO42––S, SO2–S) and oxidated forms of nitrogen (NO3––N, NOx–N) and hydrogen in the Czech Republic, 1995–2012
Fig. III.22 The development of the ratio of nitrate/sulphate concentrations in atmospheric deposition (expressed as μeq. l-1) at the CHMI stations, 1998–2012
Fig. III.23 The development of annual wet deposition at selected stations in 1991–2012, Czech Republic