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Air Pollution Indicators. An indicator should. Be representive for environmental conditions; be simple and easy to interpret; shows trends over time; shows contributions from sectors or individual components; be consistently used within the DPSIR-chain; have a target value.
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An indicator should... • Be representive for environmental conditions; • be simple and easy to interpret; • shows trends over time; • shows contributions from sectors or individual components; • be consistently used within the DPSIR-chain; • have a target value.
Assessment information D riving forces (economic sectors: transport, combustion, solvent use) P ressures (emissions: VOC & NOx) S tate (air quality: ozone exceedances) Impacts (health, ecosystems, materials) Responses (policies, measures)
Indicators will form building blocks of main EEA reports (Environmental Signals, TERM/EERM, Kiev, ..) • Core set vs sub-sets to support thematic reports
Indicators - current set • Climate change • policy update • emissions CO2 & non-CO2 • temperature/precipitation change • Stratospheric Ozone • ozone column • potential Cl • UV • production ODS, HCFC
AP Indicators - current set Focus on • Pressure & State • Urban Air Quality • Acidification • Pollutants from first DD + Ozone • retrospective (Env Sign) • Policy Update
Sources of AP indicators • CORINAIR • AIRBASE in addition: • Auto Oil 2 • ShAIR
AP Indicators - current set • Emission indicators • information on trends (1980-present) • information on sector contributions • aggregated information on theme: • ground-level ozone • acidification and eutrophication • pm10 exposure
Pressure Problems ? • PM10/PM2.5 -emission data • Consensus on aggregation procedure • Indicator for Urban Air Pollution? • Missing years (now simple interpolation) • Emissions of toxic pollutants (HM, POP)?
Air Pollution Indicators • Air Quality • (urban) population exposure to • ozone • SO2 • NO2 • particulate (PM10) • exceedance of critical loads (EMEP) • acid • nitrogen input
Env Signals: UAQ • SO2, particulate (TSP, BS, PM10), NO2, O3 • observed data (AirBase, O3-dir) • counting exceedance days • not fully in line with DD • short term limit values
State problems ? • Spatial coverage • missing regions • urban or/and rural • harmonisation of MM • stable network • temporal: historic data • most critical LV • model vs measurement
Impact indicators • Ecosystems: • exceedances of critical loads/levels • Human health • ??????????