Title

Heavy metals measurement stations in the Alps (2018)

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Abstract

Heavy metals (mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium) concentration levels are low and do not exceed the European limit values. However, although with reduced density, the monitoring of heavy metals is carried out throughout the Alpine region.
They are generally measured at background locations, except Austria, whose measurements are mainly oriented towards industrial sites. In Switzerland instead, additional monitoring of all these pollutants is part of the Swiss local networks. The layer shows the heavy metals measurement stations in the Alpine Convention territory in 2018.

Creation Date

June 1, 2020, 4 p.m.

Type

Vector Data

Keywords

heavy_metals

Category

Air quality

air quality topic

Regions

Alps

Responsible

INERIS

Group

RSA8

More info

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Maintenance Frequency

There Are No Plans To Update The Data

Purpose

This map was elaborated within the activities for drafting the 8th Report on the State of the Alps of the Alpine Convention on the topic of air quality.

Language

English

Temporal Extent

Jan. 1, 2016, 8:06 p.m. - Dec. 31, 2018, 8:06 p.m.

Data Quality

Quality assurance and quality control procedures, documented in the EEA’s Quality Management System (QMS).

Supplemental Information

Sources :
- European sampling point metadata reported by countries and downloaded from http://aided.apps.eea.europa.eu, January 2020.
- sampling point metadata of Monaco provided directly by "Direction de l'Environnement, Gouvernement Princier de la Principauté De Monaco", March 2020.

Spatial Representation Type

vector data is used to represent geographic data

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