Air pollution in the European Union - Exceedance of ozone threshold values in 1995 and summer 1996 - Part I

Title and Table of Contents — 19 Dec 2008

Summary — 19 Dec 2008

1. Introduction — 19 Dec 2008

2. Data reporting — 19 Dec 2008

3. Summary of reported data for 1995 — 19 Dec 2008

4.1. Geographic coverage of monitoring stations — 19 Dec 2008

4.2. Annual statistics, 1995 — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 1: Relation Between 98-percentiles for 1h and 8h — 19 Dec 2008

4.3. Exceedances of thresholds in 1995 — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 2: Frequency distribution of ozone concentrations — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 3: Occurrence of exceedances for protection of human health — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 6: Frequency distribution of ozone concentrations — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 7: Total number of exceedances — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 8: Exceedances threshold value protection vegetation — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 9: Frequency distribution of ozone concentrations (24h values) — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 10: Total number of exceedances protection of vegetation — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 11: Frequency distribution of ozone concentrations (hourly values) — 19 Dec 2008

4.4. Summer smog episodes 1995 — 19 Dec 2008

4.5. Comparison with 1994 — 19 Dec 2008

4.6. Data reported for 1989-1995 — 19 Dec 2008

5. Conclusions and recommendations — 19 Dec 2008

References — 19 Dec 2008

Annex I. Exceedances of ozone threshold values and annual statistics — 19 Dec 2008

Annex II. Phenomenology of ozone concentrations — 19 Dec 2008

Annex III. Remarks concerning data transmission and suggestions for improvement — 19 Dec 2008

Map 1: Location of ozone monitoring stations in EU (1995) — 19 Dec 2008

Map 2: Location of background ozone monitoring stations in EU (1995) — 19 Dec 2008

Map 3: 98 percentiles measured at background stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 4: 98 percentiles measured at urban, street and other stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 5: # of Exceedances Protection Human Health Background stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 6: # of Exceedances Protection Human Health urban, street and other stations — 19 Dec 2008

map 7: # of Exceedances Information Population Background stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 8: # of Exceedances Population Informtion: urban,streets and other stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 9: # of Exceedances vegetation Background stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 10: # of Exceedances vegetation: urban and other stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 11: # of Exceedance vegetation background stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 12: # of Exceendances vegetation: urban, street and other stations — 19 Dec 2008

Map 13: Example of Ozone smog Episode — 19 Dec 2008