Final report of the project input-output relationships for intensive monitoring sites

This report describes the work done within the project

Transitiemonitoring: naar een nieuwe vorm van monitoring ter ondersteuning van transitiebeleid

Voor het oplossen van de grote milieuproblemen die samenhangen met de energievoorziening (gerelateerd aan energieopwekking en -gebruik en mobiliteit), de landbouw en de mondiale aan-tasting van biodiversiteit en uitputting van hulp-bronnen, zijn maatschappelijke transformaties nodig. In het Nationaal MilieubeleidsPlan 4 (NMP-4) worden...

Literatuurstudie naar de invloed van kroonstructuur en bosranden op de atmosferische depositie in bossen

Zink in Zuid-Holland: milieukwaliteit, emissies, huidig beleid en aanvullende maatregelen

Assessment of the exposure and loads of acidifying and eutrophying pollutants and ozone, as well as their harmful influence on the vitality of the trees and the Speulder forest ecosystem as a whole

Within the framework of the Dutch Priority Program on Acidification, 10 yr of research was conducted in a Douglas fir stand at Speulder forest. Research was conducted to establish the loads and levels of acidifying and eutrophying pollutants and ozone, to determine forest vitality characteristics and follow growth parameters and nutrient status...

Overview of greenhouse gas emission databases and validation activities in The Netherlands

An overview is presented of the Dutch emission registration activities with respect to greenhouse gases. This in-cludes the Dutch Pollutant Emission Register (PER) and the global Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Re-search (EDGAR). Objectives. tanks. methods and information systems present in PER and EDGAR are highlighted. Special...

Independent checks for validation of CH4 emission estimates

The agreed emission reductions in the Kyoto Protocol require methods to establish the quality and accuracy of the in-ventory data and to monitor compliance with the Protocol. The IPCC Expert Meeting in November 1997 in the Nether-lands concluded that an assessment of inventory data quality was strongly supported by independent checks and addi...

Independent checks for validation of emission estimates: The metdat example for methane

The agreed emission reductions in the Kyoto Protocol require methods to establish the quality and accuracy of the inventory data and to monitor compliance with the Protocol. The IPCC Expert Meeting in November 1997 in the Netherlands con-cluded that an assessment of inventory data quality was strongly supported by in-dependent checks and...

Quality and uncertainty aspects of forest deposition estimation using througfall, stemflow and precipitation measurements

In order to gain a better understanding of the effects of air pollution and other stress factors on forests, a Pan-European Progfam for Intensive and Continuous Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems (the so-called Level II or Intensive Monitoring Program) has been implemented. In this context 858 permanent observation plots for intensive monitoring of...

Base cation deposition in Europe - Part I. Model description, results and uncertainties

Deposition of base cations (Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, K+) in Europe was mapped for 1989 with a spatial resolution of 10 x 20 km using the so-called inferential modeling technique. Deposition fields resembled the geographic variability of sources, land-use and climate. Dry deposition constituted on average 45% of the total base cation deposition in Europe...

Base cation deposition in Europe - Part II. Acid neutralization capacity and contribution to forest nutrition

An assessment was made of the capacity of base cations to neutralize acid deposition and of the contribution of base cation deposition to forest nutrition in Europe. In large parts of southern Europe more than 50% of the potential acid deposition was found counteracted by deposition of non-sea salt Mg2+ + Ca2+ + K+. In central and northwestern...

A literature study on some anthropogenic and natural sources of particulate matter in the atmosphere

PAK in Zuid-Holland - Emissies, beleid en aanvullende maatregelen