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NILU's Environmental Management Report 2014. NILU OR
One of NILU's main goals is to study the impact of pollution and supply decision-makers with a sound scientific platform for choosing measures to reduce the negative impacts. It is also very important for the institute to have control of the impact the institute¿s own activities may have on the environment and to reduce negative impacts as far as possible.
NILU has for many years been working to improve the status of the environment and to reduce negative impacts. In order to take this one step further, it was decided that the institute should restructure the work according to a relevant environmental standard and to seek certification according to the same standard.
The chosen standard is ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use) and NILU achieved certification according to this standard in October 2010. This report summarizes the results of the system.
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NILU's Strategic Institute Initiatives (SIS) 2014. NILU OR
Each of NILU's Strategic Institute Initiatives(SIS) is required to deliver a popular science report annually to the Research Council. This report contains all of NILU¿s annual SIS-reports for 2014.
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Dispersion calculations regarding emissions from tunnel outlets in Hammerfest. NILU OR
Dispersion calculations for tunnel mouths in Hammerfest. It's estimated maximum concentrations of PM10 and NOx in the tunnels under unfavorable traffic conditions (congestion afternoon). Concentration reduction as a function of distance from the tunnel entrances are shown in Table, and the concentrations are compared with national goals and air quality limits.
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Environmental pollutants in the terrestrial and urban environment 2014. NILU OR
On an assignment from the Norwegian Environmental Agency, the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) collected and analysed biological samples from terrestrial and urban regions for various inorganic and organic contaminants. The purpose of this report is to provide an updated assessment of pollution present within an urban environment in Norway, compared with that of more rural sites. The selected species were sparrowhawk and fieldfare (eggs), red fox (liver) and earthworms. Of all the organisms and tissues measured in the study, sparrowhawk eggs had the highest average concentration of the sum of all organic pollutants measured, followed by fieldfare, earthworm and red fox on a wet weight basis. Higher concentrations in the urban site, Oslo, compared to the rural site were observed for sparrowhawk and earthworms.
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PFASs in house dust. NILU OR
NILU has, on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency, performed sampling and analysis of house dust from Norwegian households. The goal was to study concentration ranges, and variability between- and within-houses of anionic and volatile per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), including the regulated PFOA, as well as for total extractable organic fluorine (TEOF). The sampling was done in six separate rooms in six different households. The analysis covered a suite of 20 targeted PFASs; ten of these were consistently detected in most samples while the other ten were below detection limit in the major part of the samples. A range of the targeted PFASs were detected in all rooms except in one room in one household in which all PFASs were below detection. The concentrations of individual PFASs as well as the sum of PFASs were lower than a previous study in Norway. The results show significant variability between houses for the anionic and volatile PFASs as well as for TEOF. For anionic PFASs, the results also indicate within-house variability with higher concentrations in dust from bedrooms (children and parents) and living rooms than in dust from bathroom, kitchen and entrances. For the volatile PFASs and TEOF, no significant difference between rooms were found. These results indicate that factors like building materials and consumer products (e.g., furniture, textiles etc.) affect the levels of PFASs in house dust but the reason for the findings are not further evaluated in this report. Anionic PFASs seem to contribute significantly to the TEOF (10-100%) in house dust.
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Statoil assigned NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research to carry out a monitoring programme on "Environmental monitoring of emissions to air from the Snøhvit LNG facility". The project started on 1 February 2006. This report summarises the results of the measurement programme from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. It involves the measurement of meteorological parameters on Melkøya and Fuglenesodden. Air quality parameters were measured at Fuglenesodden. Precipitation samples taken at Forsøl and Kargeneset were analysed for PAHs, inorganic ions, heavy metals and mercury. The current air quality standards were met for all compounds
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Screening programme 2014. Phosphites, selected PBT substances and non-target screening. NILU OR
The occurrence and environmental risk of a number of phosphites and selected PBT substances are reported for wastewater effluents and leachates, as well as sediments and biota from Oslofjord and Lake Mjøsa. In addition a suspect and non-target screening approach was applied to approximatley half of the biota samples.
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Monitoring of greenhouse gases and aerosols at Svalbard and Birkenes in 2014 - Annual report. NILU OR
The report summaries the activities and results of the greenhouse gas monitoring at the Zeppelin Observatory situated on Svalbard in Arctic Norway during the period 2001-2014 and the greenhouse gas monitoring and aerosol observations from Birkenes for 2009-2014.
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NOx Kårstø. Assessment of increased emissions. NILU OR
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) has performed dispersion calculations of emissions to air to quantify the environmental impact of increased emissions from Kårstø gas processing plant, from 775 tonnes/year to 906 tonnes/year. Maximum hourly mean value of NO2 for the Kårstø stacks is 12,8 µg/m3 (back ground 1 µg/m3), this is in compliance with Norwegian threshold values. Regional model calculations using WRF-EMEP show that calculated maximum hourly mean value for NO2 is 59 µg NO2/m3, while maximum daily mean is 19 µg NO2/m3 (all sources included). The contribution from increased emissions (from 775 to 906 tonnes/year) is less than 1% for dry deposition and less than 1¿ for wet deposition, i.e. less than the interannual variation.
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Monitoring of long-range transported air pollutants in Norway, annual report 2014. NILU OR
This report presents results from the monitoring of atmospheric composition and deposition of air
pollution in 2014 in the Norwegian rural background environment, and focuses on particulate and
gaseous phase of inorganic constituents, particulate carbonaceous matter, ground level ozone and
particulate matter.
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The nikkel smelters in NW Russia close to the Norwegian border emit large quantities of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and heavy metals. These emissions lead to enhanced concentrations of environmental pollutants in the border areas, also at the Norwegian side of the border. This report is part of the national environmental monitoring program and includes air quality monitoring, precipitation chemistry and meteorology.
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National air quality tool. Towns and industry. Description of method. NILU OR
This report gives a description of a method for simplified modelling of air pollution in towns and industrial sites. The products to be developed in this work package is presented.
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Concept of air quality e-reporting - experiences of Norway. Guiding document for GIOS. NILU OR
NILU and GIO¿, Poland, are implementing the project ¿Strengthening the air quality assessment system in Poland, based on Norwegian experience¿ as part of the programme ¿Improving Environmental Monitoring and Inspection¿ within the framework of the European Economic Area 2009¿2014.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has moved towards a new reporting mechanism for reporting and sharing air quality data and information, called e-reporting. This mechanism is based on the Implementing Decision and a shared information system for electronic reporting ¿ aligned with the INSPIRE directive and considering inputs and outputs from the GMES Atmospheric Services.
This report is a technical report that are to be used as a guide by GIOS as input to the Polish implementation of the e-reporting obligations. The report is based on the Norwegian implementation. The report describes how Norway has implemented the new e-reporting schemas, illustrated through data flow figures and XML examples.
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Activity segment 0. Overview of project deliverables and outcomes. NILU OR
The report gives a complete overview of the reports and outcomes from the NORAD financed project performed on behalf of Department of Environment(CASE Bangladesh. The project was undertaken during the period 2009-2013 and provided training and tools for personnel at CASE/DoE in order to increase their capacity in managing local air pollution issues.
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Pollutant emissions from LNG fuelled ships. Assessment and recommendations. NILU OR
This report is part of the project "Developing the programme of measures for the Estonian marine area in compliance with the requirements of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, including feasibility study on using LNG as an alternative ship fuel to reduce pollution". This report presents and assesses the available information regarding pollutant emission factors (NOx, particulate matter, organic compounds) for ships using Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel. This evaluation, based on a literature review, will support the selection of scenarios for using LNG along with the information from the feasibility study performed within the project.
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Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation, annual report 2014. NILU OR
This report presents results from 2014 for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals from the rural air- and precipitation chemistry monitoring network in Norway. These results are compared to previous years.
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Impact of short-term measure on NO2-concentrations during high pollution episodes. NILU OR
NILU and Urbanet Analyse AS has been commissioned by The Norwegian Public Roads Administration to study the impact of short-term measures to decrease the NO2 concentrations during days with high air pollution.
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This report represents the final version of Deliverable D2.2 on existing statistical data on activities in the relevant economic sectors, abatement measures and scoping.
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Methods for estimating air pollutant emissions. PART 1: Review and source of input data. NILU OR
This report is part of the development of a National Modelling System for local air quality (the "Nasjonalt Beregningsverktøy" or NBV project). The work focussed on the methods to estimate emissions and identified the main information sources of the needed input data for emissions. This report presents the most common methods to determine emissions and includes recommendations for future improvement of the emission calculations. The main purpose of the report is to identify the most relevant sources of emission information and the emission input data requirements necessary for modelling air quality in Norwegian cities and agglomerations.
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System design NBV. NILU OR
System design for «nasjonalt beregningsverktøy» describing data flow and infrastructure requirements.
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Monitoring of the atmospheric ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation. Annual report 2014. NILU OR
This is an annual report describing the activities and main results of the monitoring programme
"Monitoring of the atmospheric ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation" for 2014. The ozone
layer was below the long-term mean in spring 2014, but increased in April/May and was close to
normal rest of the year. A clear decrease in total ozone above Norway during the period 1979-
1997 stopped after 1998 and the ozone layer above Norway now seems to have stabilized.
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