Property:Description
From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)
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The main role of Air Pollution Information Network for Africa (APINA) is to form a strong link between the air pollution scientific community and policy makers at national and regional levels. Currently, Southern Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe)is APINA's main focus region but activities also to reach out across the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. The country fact sheets of Southern Africa were used to estimate AQ monitoring activities in Southern Africa. +
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Global Earth Observation System (GEOS): System Capabilities and the Role for U.S. EPA Recommendations of a Community Panel +
The panel was asked to think about how such observing systems might be directed toward minimizing data gaps across spatial scales, thus helping EPA move toward a more comprehensive observing approach that would not only benefit GEOSS but also EPA’s unique domestic mission, including air quality modeling and forecasting. +
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The primary aim of this Clean Air Research Programme (CARP) project is to evaluate methodologies for estimating personal exposure from ambient monitoring data and from simulation data from complex ambient air quality models. +
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The purpose of this Plan is to summarize the essential steps to be undertaken, over the
next decade, by a global community of nations and intergovernmental, international,
and regional organizations, to put in place a Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS). +
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This guidance document is a reference for air quality policymakers and managers providing state-of-the-art, evidence-based information on key determinants of air quality management decisions. The document reflects the findings of five annual meetings of the NERAM (Network for Environmental Risk Assessment and Management) International Colloquium Series on Air Quality Management (2001–2006), as well as the results of supporting international research. The topics covered in the guidance document reflect critical science and policy aspects of air quality risk
management including i) health effects, ii) air quality emissions, measurement and modeling, iii) air quality management interventions, and iv) clean air policy challenges and opportunities. +
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Unfortunately, our air pollution monitoring system does not provide measurements on PM2.5, as considered by Loomis et al. (13) in Mexico City, although that study also suggested that a gaseous pollutant (NO2) affects mortality. +
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Long-Term Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Mortality in a Dutch Cohort (NLCS-AIR Study) +
Urban air pollution impact on health, traffic related +
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Very few surface monitoring data, Needs Emission requirements, Monitoring requirements. +
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WHO AQ Guidelines ( Similar to AQ Standards) update for PM2.5/PM10, O3, NO2 and SO2 worldwide based on literature/research concerning health effects. +
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WHO; What are the features of monitoring networks that are needed to identify exposure. +
We have carried out measurement campaigns in every major city in Australia and in rural air sheds such as Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. Recent work in South-East Asia includes air quality studies in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.
This applied work is backed by a strategic research program that includes long-term aerosol measurements at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in north-west Tasmania. The Cape Grim program, to monitor and study global atmospheric composition, is a joint responsibility of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO. +
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Web document, on line
On line data, once a week as a maximum hourly average for pollutant in that week +
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Workshop needs stressed
Monitoring status, 24 sites, 4 urban, 20 rural
http://naqo.mn/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=47 +
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World Bank estimate Urban population weighted average PM10 concentrations (micro grams per cubic meter) in residential areas of cities larger than 100,000 for 1999 +
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World Bank map of citeis with PM10 concentrations +
discusses ambient air pollution risks +
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editorial, China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study (CAPES) +
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includes information about current PM for geographic regions around the world. Not on city level +
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DIRECTIVE 2008/50/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe +
legislation passed for EU to standardize AQ monitoring based on WHO AQ guidelines. +
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particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and organic commpounds released by vegetatio burning. Great concern for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). NO2 SO2 healthe effects in urban areas. +