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Review of ambient air quality monitoring programme in Poland. NILU OR
The Norwegian Institute for Air Research - NILU and the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection - GIO¿ 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.
A part of this project is to review the existing ambient air quality monitoring programme in operation in Poland based upon the report prepared by GIOS: ¿Information on monitoring equipment used in Voivodeship networks within the National Environmental Monitoring and supplementary data providing grounds for network equipment analyses¿.
The NILU assessment confirms the needs described by GIOS to carry out an intensive monitoring of air quality, especially as regards PM10, PM2.5, benzo(a)pyrene and ozone. NILU advices GIOS to include the modelling results when evaluating the needs for expanding the network for ozone.NILU recommends to evaluate the needs for further stations in relation to securing the data capture rate as requested by the EU Directive.
In general, NILU advices GIOS towards having a more robust network that meets the Directive requirements regarding data coverage and ensures enough information for the WIOSs to do assessment and planning.
2013
The objective of the training workshop for Work segment 4 in the "Bangladesh Air Pollution Management" BAPMAN project, is to build local (DOE) capacity for developing an air quality management strategy for the future.
The training workshop was held at NILU, being presented by NILU air quality experts.
The purposes of the workshop were to produce information on the health consequences of air pollution in Dhaka that can be used by local expertise at DOE and in supporting Bangladeshi institutions in the assessment of health impacts. The workshop aimed at developing the fundamental expertise by which objectives and strategies for air quality management can be developed into the future.
2013
This report was requested by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) to provide information concerning non-exhaust traffic emissions in Oslo and the impact of various traffic parameters and road maintenance activities on these emissions. This report provides the results of calculations made with the NORTRIP model, a recently developed emission model for calculating non-exhaust emissions. The sensitivity of the modelled emissions to traffic parameters such as studded tyre share and fraction of heavy duty vehicles is investigated. In addition the impact of salting and cleaning is addressed.
2013
This report was requested by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) to provide information concerning non-exhaust traffic emissions in Oslo and the impact of changes in environmental speed limits on these emissions. This report provides the results of calculations made with the dispersion model EPISODE coupled to the NORTRIP road dust emission model, a recently developed emission model for calculating non-exhaust emissions. The change in modelled emissions due to changes in environmental speed limit are calculated for two different speed scenarios, where 'speed limit' and 'realistic speed' changes are compared. In addition the impact of the environmental speed limit is compared to other road dust control measures involving studded tyre share and heavy duty vehicle reduction, taken from a previous report.
2013
Air quality zone delimitation in Norway. Evaluation and delimitation proposal. NILU OR
An evaluation of the air quality in Norway over the last five years has been performed to set up the basis for a new Air Quality zone (AQ-zone) delimitation for reporting to European Commission concerning compliance of air quality directives. Air pollution levels (i.e. PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, O3, benzene, heavy metals, B(a)P) have been assessed regarding exceedances of limit values, target values, Norwegian national targets, and upper/lower assessment thresholds (UAT/LAT) defined for the protection of human health, vegetation and/or natural ecosystems. The results from this evaluation complemented with information regarding background concentration levels in Norway have been used to define a new delimitation: 1) AQ-zone delimitation for PM10, NO2, NOx, benzene and B(a)P, 2) AQ-zone delimitation for SO2 and heavy metals, 3) AQ-zone delimitation for ozone and 4) AQ-zone delimitation for CO.
2013
Review of assessment of existing CAS/DAS, review of technical specification for CAS/DAS. NILU OR
NILU and GIOS, 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.
This report is a NILU review of two assessment reports covering Iséo and CSMS data management systems in use in Poland and the draft technical tender for purchasing a new data management system to replace the Iséo systems.
GIOS has, as part of the preparation for tendering, assessed the existing systems in the 16 VIEPs and compiled their findings in two reports. The VIEPs currently have 3 different systems. In the draft tender GIOS asks for a replacement of the existing XR systems from Iséo used in 8 VIEPs.
NILU has reviewed the documents provided by GIOS. However, due to the limited time available for this review, NILU has not carried out any technical testing of the current operational acquisition system, for verification of the documents claim's.
The assessment reports give a good overview of the DAS and CAS systems used in the VIEPs regarding both technical issues and user experiences. The information in the reports feeds into report no. 3 on tender specifications.
2013
The 5-years assessment of air quality, the Norwegian experience. NILU OR
This report describes the Norwegian experience and "best practices" regarding the approach to classify zones and agglomerations in relation to the upper and lower assessment thresholds, as required in Article 5 of Directive 2008/50/ EC and Article 4 of Directive 2004/107/ EC. It is based on the recent air quality assessments done in Norway and gives a brief overview over the available relevant information and methods NILU would consider in such an assessment. A short description of Norway's assessment zones and agglomerations and monitoring networks is also provided.
2013
The contaminant situation in the Norwegian-Russian border has caused concern for several decades and considerable amount of data has been gathered during the Pasvik programme (Stebel et al., 2007; Pasvik programme, 2008) for the environmental pollution, but not in this extent for food safety and potential human health risks in this region. Through the compiling of the available literature the authors of this report have identified a number of issues that need further attention.
2013
The present study aimed at the identification and quantification of toxic compounds (nitrosamines and nitramines) resulting from the photochemical oxidation of the two amines (Amine-1 and Amine-2) for use in CO2 capture and the determination of their chemical production yields under various NOx mixing ratios in sunlit chamber experiments at the photo reactor facility EUPHORE in Valencia, Spain. Considering the uncertainties of the two applied nitramine measurement methods, the conversion yield of Amine-1-nitramine for low NOx conditions typical for Mongstad is estimated to range from 1.4% to 4.1%. The candidate for the first generation nitrosamine forming the photo-oxidation of Amine-1 (Amine-1-nitrosamine candidate) was identified by analysis of Thermosorb/N samples in the Amine-1 product yield experiments.
2013
Emissions from domestic heating due to woodburning are one of the main emissions sources of PM in Norway. However there are uncertianties in the emission data and especially how much these emissions contribute to the concentrations. Dispersion modeling has been performed for Oslo with different emission scenarios to test some of the parameters related to this emission source. The model results show that the wood burning contribution is overestimated, especially in the evening and conclusions are that the emissions of wood burning are wrong both in quantity as well as spacial distribution in time variation.
J.W. Cappelens Forlag AS
2013
Non-target screening - a powerful tool for selecting environmental pollutants. NILU OR
The main goal with this project was to test the potential and practicalness of the available non-target screening methods for identification of unknown or new emerging environmental pollutants. It was also desired to try to estimate the quantity of the identified compounds.
2013
Towards operational satellite based atmospheric monitoring in Norway SatMoNAir. NILU OR
The SatMoNAir project [NSC contract nr. JOP.12.12.2] builds on a previous NRS 'følgemiddel'-project, called `Roadmap towards EarthCARE and Sentinel 5 precursor', within which NILU and met.no developed a strategy for how best to prepare themselves for future European satellite missions for measuring atmospheric composition, with respect to their national monitoring, weather predictions and research tasks. Three specific topics were considered particularly relevant: a. Aerosols ¿Climate effects in Scandinavia and polar regions: analysis of episodes with high aerosol loads for Klif reporting, b. the Use of satellite based ozone measurements in national reporting, and c. Satellite based Air Quality monitoring of remote areas for EMEP reporting. Results from the work performed are described in this report. The outcomes of the project have been utilized in support of the National monitoring of greenhouse gases and aerosols (see Myhre et al., 2012), the atmospheric ozone layer (see Svendby et al., 2012), and have been reported to EMEP.
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Abu Dhabi Ports Company has procured two fixed Air Quality Monitoring Stations, one situated in Area A of KIZAD outside of the ADPC Site HQ building (ADPC Site Office station) with the other in Khalifa Port (ADPC Port station) adjacent to the EMAL conveyer. NILU UAE commissioned these two sites in December 2012 and has been operating them since then. The results presented in this report have been based upon air quality and meteorological data collected from these two fixed Air Quality Monitoring stations during the reported month.
2013
Heavy metals at Xstrata. Assessment of measured concentration level. NILU OR
NILU has done an analysis of heavy metal concentrations measured at Xstrata, Kristiansand. Through a simplified dispersion scheme, the measured concentrations have been converted to emissions. These have been compared to the reported emissions from Xstrata. The reported emissions and the measured concentrations are in agreement.
2013
Esso Slagen refinery - Monitoring program 2006-2011. NILU OR
NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research has been conducting a monitoring pogram for Esso (ExxonMobile) at Slagen refinery from 2006-2011. The program included monitoring of meteorology, SO2, PM10, BTEX and rain water chemistry. Results show that air quality standards for SO2 were exceeded in 2009, both concerning hourly mean values (29 values above 350 µg/m3), daily mean values (five values above 125 µg/m3) and annual mean (20,3 µg/m3 vs 20 µg/m3). For the other components there were no exceedence of air quality standards, except for benzene in 2009 (2,6 µg/m3 vs national target value of 2 µg/m3).
2013
WP 1.4.1: Visualization of modelled SEVIRI IR-scenes for quality control. NILU OR
The SEVIRI instrument produces infrared images. The report describes how the RTTOV radiative transfer model is used to simulate SEVIRI images for an ash situation.
2013
Environmental Management Report 2012. NILU OR
One of NILU's main goals is to study the impact of pollution. It is thus very important for the institute to have control of the impact the institute's own activities may have on the environment and to reduce the impact as far as possible.
NILU has for many years been working to reduce the impact. 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.
2013
Air quality data. Bakka station 2011-2012. NILU OR
Monitoring of ozone, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter (PM) have been performed at Bakka south of Mongstad for 13 consecutive full months (December 2011 to December 2012 inclusive). The nitrogen oxide and PM concentrations are very low. The ozone is at typical background ozone level.
2013
WP 1.2 Operationalization of satellite-based volcanic ash measurements. NILU OR
Data from the SEVIRI instrument is available at NILU through EUMETCast. These data are processed at NILU to retrieve volcanic ash loading in a satellite pixel. The report describes operationalization and automatization of the data processing algorithms at NILU including how the data are made available for the Norwegian Meterological Institute.
2013
Greenhouse gas inventory for Abu Dhabi Emirate. Technical basis & results of the first inventory. NILU OR
The first GHG inventory for Abu Dhabi Emirate was conducted for all activity sectors (energy, industrial processes, agriculture, land use change and forestry, and waste) using the sectoral (bottom-up) approach. The input data was collected in collaboration with the relevant local authorities. Estimation of GHG emissions was conducted applying the methodology of the IPCC (Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines and the Good Practice Guidance) and using the UNFCCC inventory software. A key category analysis was also performed for the GHG emissions; the key sources of emissions responsible for 95% of the total GHG emissions were identified. Three emission indicators were developed for Abu Dhabi Emirate using the standards of IEA: the per capita emissions, per GDP and per kWh electricity produced. Very few data was available on the local emission factors. For missing data, assumptions were made to undertake calculations of emissions; the factors used in the previous UAE national inventories and/ or the commonly accepted emissions factors from IPCC and other standard guidelines were used. Focus was given to the key category sectors; energy (specifically fuel combustion emissions) and industrial processes (specifically metal and mineral). Land use change and forestry sector was also in concern as a sink for CO2 removals. Contributions of agriculture and waste sectors were as expected small. In addition, among various greenhouse gases, priorities were given to direct greenhouse gases CO2, CH4, N2O and PFCs, and to a lesser degree to indirect gases CO, NOX, SO2 and NMVOC.
2013
Qatar air quality modelling workshop. Outcomes and recommendations. NILU OR
The Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) held a 4 day workshop from 27-30 May 2013 at the Qatar Supreme Council of Health (SCH) entitled ¿Air Quality Modelling¿. The workshop was sponsored by an initiate from the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organization (WHO/EMRO). The objectives of the workshop were to provide the necessary training for experts in Qatar regarding the basic principles of modelling, various tools available, and applications for air quality modelling. This information will then give the responsible government officials a valuable introduction to understand how they can build up their own air quality modelling program and related competence.
2013
Abu Dhabi Ports Company has procured two fixed Air Quality Monitoring Stations, one situated in Area A of KIZAD outside of the ADPC Site HQ building (ADPC Site Office station) with the other in Khalifa Port (ADPC Port station) adjacent to the EMAL conveyer. NILU UAE commissioned these two sites in December 2012 and has been operating them since then. The results presented in this report have been based upon air quality and meteorological data collected from these two fixed Air Quality Monitoring stations during the reported month.
2013
Abu Dhabi Ports Company has procured two fixed Air Quality Monitoring Stations, one situated in Area A of KIZAD outside of the ADPC Site HQ building (ADPC Site Office station) with the other in Khalifa Port (ADPC Port station) adjacent to the EMAL conveyer. NILU UAE commissioned these two sites in December 2012 and has been operating them since then. The results presented in this report have been based upon air quality and meteorological data collected from these two fixed Air Quality Monitoring stations during the reported month.
2013