Ambient Air Quality in the Czech Republic

Ambient air quality in the present-day Czech Republic (CR), one of the two succession countries of Czechoslovakia post-1993, was perceived as a major problem with severe human health and environmental consequences, particularly between the 1970s and 1990s. Since that time, the ambient air quality in...

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Ambient air quality in the present-day Czech Republic (CR), one of the two succession countries of Czechoslovakia post-1993, was perceived as a major problem with severe human health and environmental consequences, particularly between the 1970s and 1990s. Since that time, the ambient air quality in the CR has improved substantially, due to newly introduced stringent legislation and technical countermeasures. Nevertheless, there are still activities which represent significant emission sources, such as local heating and increased vehicle travel through communities. After a substantial decrease in emissions in both the CR and its neighbouring countries, the levels of some ambient air pollutants from the 2000s are still not satisfactory. In this respect, aerosol, ground-level ozone, and benzo[a]pyrene remain major problems, as they do elsewhere in Europe. The book provides a valuable update both on time trends and spatial changes in ambient air quality, and highlights the recent activities in both monitoring and modelling of principle ambient air pollutants in the CR.
English
Research.
Environmental economics.
Pollution prevention.
air pollution
air quality
1950-2018
Czechoslovakia
emissions
aerosol
ground-level ozone
atmospheric deposition
health outcomes
environmental issues
particles
traffic
dispersion
PM10
pollution
F-gases
greenhouse gases
global warming potential
substitutes for ozone depleting substances
Czech Republic
microsensors
particle counter
gas analyzers
relative humidity
mixing layer height
ceilometer
suspended particulate matter
Czech-Polish border
urban parks
particulate matter
nitrogen oxides
ozone
PM pollution
seasonality
meteorological conditions
source apportionment
PMF (Positive Matrix Factorization)
PM2.5
long-term trends
background scale
locomotives
non-road engines
rail
diesel-electric
real-world emissions
portable on-board emissions monitoring systems
NOx
real driving emissions
urban canopy
weather prediction
validation
PM1 aerosol
elements
water-soluble ions
factor analysis
benzo(a)pyrene
ambient air concentrations
spatial-temporal
population exposure
transboundary transport
meteorological factors
monitoring stations
Passing-Bablok test
regression analysis
statistical modeling
analysis of variance
tower
high-volume sampler
wind-direction-dependent sampling
neutron activation analysis
elemental composition
cross-border pollution transport
AIR BORDER
Czech-Polish borderlands
Interreg
NO2
passive sampler
Dieselgate
Prague
traffic volume
citizen science
public policy
health effects
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