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Information Document concerning Air Pollution by Ozone

Overview of the situation in the European Union during the 1996 summer season (April-July)

Report to the Commission by the European Environment Agency
European Topic Centre on Air Quality

Topic report no. 29/1996 part II

Rob Sluyter, Esther van Zantvoort September 1996

Table of Contents

Summary

1. Introduction

2. Availability of data

3. Summary of data reported for summer 1996

4. Main ozone episodes

5. Population exposure to exceedances

6. Conclusions

7. References

List of Maps

Map 1: Ozone monitoring stations implemented in the framework of Directive 92/72/EEC on air pollution by ozone, scheduled to be operational during 1996.

Map 2: Number of exceedances of the threshold value for the information of the public (1h > 180 µg/m3) observed at urban stations and stations of unspecified type. Summer 1996 (April-July).

Map 3: Number of exceedances of the threshold value for the information of the public (1h > 180 µg/m3) observed at background stations. Summer 1996 data (April-July), interpolated using inverse distance weighting and a cut-off distance of 100 km.

Map 4: Example of a smog episode: stations which reported an hourly ozone concentration in excess of 180 µg/m3, 5-8 June 1996 (all station types).