Design of a network to monitor the continental and intercontinental background of persistent organic pollutants in Africa

CHROMÁ, Kateřina, Gerhard LAMMEL, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Alice DVORSKÁ, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Ivan HOLOUBEK and Jiří HOŠEK. Design of a network to monitor the continental and intercontinental background of persistent organic pollutants in Africa. In 10th International HCH and Pesticides Forum. Book of papers. Brno: Masaryk University, 2009, p. 167-171. ISBN 978-80-210-5098-3.

Basic information

• Original name: Design of a network to monitor the continental and intercontinental background of persistent organic pollutants in Africa
• Authors: CHROMÁ, Kateřina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Gerhard LAMMEL (276 Germany, belonging to the institution), Petr DOBROVOLNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alice DVORSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Rudolf BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivan HOLOUBEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří HOŠEK (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Brno, 10th International HCH and Pesticides Forum. Book of papers. p. 167-171, 5 pp. 2009.
• Publisher: Masaryk University

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 10511 Environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/09:00045149
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• ISBN: 978-80-210-5098-3
• Keywords in English: monitoring network; persistent organic pollutants; long-range transport; climatology; Africa
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

A network for the study of long-term trends of the continental background in Africa and the intercontinental background of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as resulting from long-range transport is designed. The results of a pilot phase sampling programme in 2008 and climatological information from the period 1961-2007 were used to apply objective criteria for the selection of stations for the monitoring network. Out of 26 original stations six to nine stations would cover satisfyingly large and medium to densely populated regions of Africa and neighbouring seas. The potential of the network is not hampered by ongoing long-term changes of the advection to the selected stations, as these do hardly affect the coverage of target areas.

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Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)