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

Title and Table of Contents — 19 Dec 2008

SUMMARY — 19 Dec 2008

1 INTRODUCTION — 19 Dec 2008

2 AVAILABILITY OF DATA — 19 Dec 2008

Map 1: Ozone monitoring stations implemented — 19 Dec 2008

3 SUMMARY OF DATA REPORTED FOR SUMMER 1996 — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 2: Occurrence of exceedances (in days) — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 3: Average occurrence of exceedances (in days) — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 4: Frequency distribution of ozone concentrations in excess of the 180 µg/m3 — 19 Dec 2008

Map 2: Number of exceedances of the threshold value (urban stations ) — 19 Dec 2008

Map 3: Number of exceedances of the threshold value (background stations) — 19 Dec 2008

4 MAIN OZONE EPISODES — 19 Dec 2008

Map 4: Example of a smog episode — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 5: Qualitative overview of exceedances — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 6: Example of a local ozone episode, Athens — 19 Dec 2008

Figure 7: Example of a local ozone episode, Firenze — 19 Dec 2008

5 POPULATION EXPOSURE TO EXCEEDANCES — 19 Dec 2008

7 REFERENCES — 19 Dec 2008