Glossary
This glossary provides definitions of common terms used in the context of air pollution.
You can navigate quickly to a term using the alphabetic links below; clicking on the terms will show their definition.
Glossary
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- Acid Deposition
- Acid Rain
- Air Pollution Bandings
- Air Pollution Bulletins
- Air Pollution Index
- Air Pollution Information Service
- Air Quality Management Area (AQMA)
- Air Quality Objectives
- Air Quality Standards
- Air Quality Strategy
- Ambient Air
- Annual Mean
- Automatic Monitoring
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- EMEP (Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission ofAir pollutants in Europe)
- Emission Factor
- Emission Inventories
- EPAQS
- EU Directives
- Exceedence
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- PAHs
- Particulate matter (PM)
- Parts per billion, ppb
- Parts per million, ppm
- Percentile
- POPsPersistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are chemical substances that persist in the environment as they are resistant to environmental degradation via chemical, biological or photolytic processes. The compounds are known to bioaccumulate through the food web and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. These include dioxins and furans (see TOMPS)