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ClairCity Project
2020
This report presents VOC (volatile organic compound) measurements carried out during 2018 at EMEP monitoring sites. In total, 20 sites reported VOC-data from EMEP VOC sites this year. Some of the data-sets are considered preliminary and are not included in the report.
The monitoring of NMHC (non-methane hydrocarbons) has become more diverse with time in terms of instrumentation. Starting in the early 1990s with standardized methods based on manual sampling in steel canisters with subsequent analyses at the lab, the methods now consist of a variety of instruments and measurement principles, including automated continuous monitors and manual flask samples. For oxygenated VOCs (OVOCs), sampling in DNPH-tubes with subsequent lab-analyses is still the only method in use at EMEP sites.
Within the EU infrastructure project ACTRIS-2, data quality issues related to measurements of VOC have been an important topic. Many of the institutions providing VOC-data to EMEP have participated in the ACTRIS-2 project, either as formal partners or on a voluntary basis. Participation in ACTRIS-2 has meant an extensive effort with data-checking including detailed discussions between the ACTRIS community and individual participants. There is no doubt that this extensive effort has benefited the EMEP-program and has led to improved data quality in general.
Comparison between median levels in 2018 and the medians of the previous 10-years period, revealed a similar north-to-south pattern for several species.
Changes in instrumentation, procedures, station network etc. during the last two decades make it difficult to provide a rigorous and pan-European assessment of long-term trends of the observed VOCs. In this report, we have estimated the long-term trends in NMHC over the 2000-2018 period at six sites by two independent statistical methods. These estimates indicate marked differences in the trends for the individual species. Small or non-significant trends were found for ethane over this period followed by propane which also showed fairly small reductions. On the other hand, components linked to road traffic (ethene, ethyne and benzene) showed the strongest drop in mean concentrations, up to 60-80% at some stations.
The persistent heatwave in summer 2018 in northern and central Europe lead to higher isoprene-levels than normal. The data indicate a clear relationship between isoprene and afternoon temperature at the sites. An exponential fit is seen to be well suited for the relationship between isoprene and temperature.
NILU
2020
2020
Monitoring of the atmospheric ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation. Annual Report 2019.
Denne rapporten presenterer resultatene fra det norske måleprogrammet for totalozon og UV-stråling. Ozonlaget har blitt målt ved tre stasjoner siden 1979: i Oslo/Kjeller, Tromsø/Andøya og Ny-Ålesund. UV-målinger startet i 1995. Resultatene viser at det var en signifikant ozonreduksjon over Norge i perioden 1979 til 1997. Deretter stanset reduksjonen og ozonverdiene stabiliserte seg på et nivå ~2% lavere enn verdiene før 1980. Mest karakteristisk for 2019 var et tynt ozonlag i april 2019 og et «ozonhull» over Sør-Norge i desember 2019.
NILU
2020
Assessment of transboundary pollution by toxic substances: Heavy metals and POPs
Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East (MSC-E)
2020
Survey of emissions of volatile organic chemicals from handheld toys for children above 3 years
NILU
2020
Monitoring of long-range transported air pollutants in Norway. Annual Report 2019.
Denne rapporten omhandler resultater fra overvåkningsprogrammet for langtransportert forurenset luft og nedbør og atmosfæriske tilførsler i 2019. Rapporten presenterer målinger av uorganiske hovedkomponentene i luft og nedbør, partikulært karbonholdig materiale, partikkelmasse og bakkenært ozon. I 2019 ble det observert en uvanlig omfattende episode med høye konsentrasjoner av luftforurensing på flere stasjoner.
NILU
2020
Hovedmålet for prosjektet "Mot bedre utnyttelse av satellittdata for overvåking av luftkvalitet i Norge ved hjelp av
nedskaleringsteknikker" (Sat4AQN) var å evaluere potensialet for romlig nedskalering av eksisterende satellittprodukter
med støtte fra en høyoppløselig kjemisk transportmodell (CTM) til romlige skalaer som er mer relevante for å overvåke
luftkvaliteten i urbane områder og regionale bakgrunnssteder i Norge. For dette demonstrasjonsprosjektet fokuserte vi på
satellitt-aerosol-optisk tykkelse (AOD) og svevestøv (PM) estimater.
NILU
2020