Trends in Air Pollution in Europe, 2000–2019

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.4209/aaqr.230237" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.4209/aaqr.230237</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.230237" target="_blank" >10.4209/aaqr.230237</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Trends in Air Pollution in Europe, 2000–2019

Original language description

This paper encompasses an assessment of air pollution trends in rural environments in Europe over the 2000–2019 period, benefiting from extensive long-term observational data from the EMEP monitoring network and EMEP MSC-W model computations. The trends in pollutant concentrations align with the decreasing emission patterns observed throughout Europe. Annual average concentrations of sulfur dioxide, particulate sulfate, and sulfur wet deposition have shown consistent declines of 3–4% annually since 2000. Similarly, oxidized nitrogen species have markedly decreased across Europe, with an annual reduction of 1.5–2% in nitrogen dioxide concentrations, total nitrate in the air, and oxidized nitrogen deposition. Notably, emission reductions and model predictions appear to slightly surpass the observed declines in sulfur and oxidized nitrogen, indicating a potential overestimation of reported emission reductions. Ammonia emissions have decreased less compared to other pollutants since 2000. Significant reductions in particulate ammonium have however, been achieved due to the impact of reductions in SOx and NOx emissions. For ground level ozone, both the observed and modelled peak levels in summer show declining trends, although the observed decline is smaller than modelled. There have been substantial annual reductions of 1.8% and 2.4% in the concentrations of PM 10 and PM 2.5, respectively. Elemental carbon has seen a reduction of approximately 4.5% per year since 2000. A similar reduction for organic carbon is only seen in winter when primary anthropogenic sources dominate. The observed improvements in European air quality emphasize the importance of comprehensive legislations to mitigate emissions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10500 - Earth and related environmental sciences

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Springer

ISSN

1680-8584

e-ISSN

2071-1409

Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

230237

Country of publishing house

NO - NORWAY

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

1-19

UT code for WoS article

001198162500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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