This is the eleventh progress report on Eionet priority data flows to the EEA Management Board. The purpose of the priority data flows report is to show progress against agreed, stable, well-defined objectives in order to allow countries to focus their resources on putting regular reporting...

This report gives an overview of reported ground-level ozone concentrations between April and September 2008, and provides a comparison with the last ten years.

In this study, long-term measurements of rural background ozone levels are analysed and compared with modelling results and sensitivity analyses. Rural background stations are used in order to rule out the influence of local conditions close to sources of ozone precursors (mainly traffic)....

The Eionet priority data flows identify a set of agreed, stable, well-defined objectives to provide a focus for countries when they are putting procedures in place for regular reporting. The objective is to encourage countries towards better performance through “compétition amicale”...

Die EUA verfolgt das Ziel, nachhaltige Entwicklung zu fördern und zu einer erheblichen und messbaren Verbesserung der Umwelt in Europa beizutragen. Dazu stellt sie zeitgerechte, zielgerichtete, relevante und zuverlässige Informationen für politische Akteure und die Öffentlichkeit bereit.

Ozone levels during summer 2009 were as low as during summer 2008 and according to several indicators were among the lowest since reporting of Europe-wide data commenced in 1997. In contrast to previous summers, in 2009 there were no pan-European multi-day episodes. Summer 2009 was characterised...