Ambient Air Quality in the Czech Republic

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: 1950–2018; aerosol; AIR BORDER; air pollution; air quality; ambient air concentrations; analysis of variance; atmospheric deposition; background scale; benzo(a)pyrene; ceilometer; citizen science; cross-border pollution transport; Czech Republic; Czech-Polish border; Czech-Polish borderlands; Czechoslovakia; diesel-electric; Dieselgate; dispersion; Economics; Economics of specific sectors; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; elemental composition; elements; emissions; Environmental economics; environmental issues; Environmental science, engineering and technology; F-gases; factor analysis; gas analyzers; global warming potential; greenhouse gases; ground-level ozone; health effects; health outcomes; high-volume sampler; Interreg; locomotives; long-term trends; meteorological conditions; meteorological factors; microsensors; mixing layer height; monitoring stations; n/a; neutron activation analysis; nitrogen oxides; NO2; non-road engines; NOx; ozone; particle counter; particles; particulate matter; Passing–Bablok test; passive sampler; PM pollution; PM1 aerosol; PM10; PM2.5; PMF (Positive Matrix Factorization); pollution; Pollution control; population exposure; portable on-board emissions monitoring systems; Prague; public policy; rail; real driving emissions; real-world emissions; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; regression analysis; relative humidity; Research and information: general; seasonality; source apportionment; spatial-temporal; statistical modeling; substitutes for ozone depleting substances; suspended particulate matter; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; tower; traffic; traffic volume; transboundary transport; urban canopy; urban parks; validation; water-soluble ions; weather prediction; wind-direction-dependent sampling
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-1761-2
• ISBN: 3036517626; 9783036517612; 9783036517629; 3036517618

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.