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

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...