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Holoubek, Ivan; Šeda, Zdeněk; Houšková, Lea; Kaláček, J.; Štroufová, Zuzana; Vančura, Roman; Kočan, Anton; Petrı́k, Ján; Chovancová, Jana; Bíliková, K.; Holoubková, Irena; Zemek, Alexandr; Kor̆ínek, Pavel; Matoušek, M.; Mikulíková, Renata; Vávrová, Milada

doi:10.1080/02772249209357832

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“…Since 1994, the air samples have been collected once a week (every Wednesday, from 08:00 h to Thursday, 08:00 h) resulting in 52 samples per year. [7][8][9][10][11][12] Wet deposition samples were collected during each rain event.…”

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“…All measurements assigned to EMEP stations (including VOCs, POPs and heavy metals) are currently implemented in Kosetice, [7][8][9][10][11][12][13] and monitoring design is based on the EMEP POP monitoring strategy. 14 Samples of the ambient air, wet deposition, surface water, sediment, soil and biota, as the key components of the environmental system, are collected.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Trends in background levels of persistent organic pollutants at Kosetice observatory, Czech Republic. : Part I. Ambient air and wet deposition 1996–2005

Holoubek

Klánová²,

Jarkovský³

et al. 2007

J. Environ. Monit.

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Kosetice observatory is a facility of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, which is a part of the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) network. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs: PCBs, DDTs, HCHs, PAHs) have been monitored in all environmental matrices using the integrated monitoring approach. Generally, the atmospheric levels of POPs in this Central European background station (mean values: 0.115 ng m(-3) for SigmaPCBs, 0.040 ng m(-3) for SigmaDDTs, 0.077 ng m(-3) for SigmaHCHs, and 17 ng m(-3) for SigmaPAHs) are significantly higher than those in other EMEP stations localized mostly in Northern and Western Europe. Long-term trends of POP concentrations in the ambient air and wet deposition are presented in this article and they show a slow decline in the last decade for most of the investigated compounds. Temporally increased levels of certain chemicals were associated with some local climatic (floods) or socio-economic (fuel prices) factors.

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