Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East (MSC-E)
is one of the international research Centres of the EMEP programme operating under the LRTAP Convention of UNECE.
The Centre focuses its efforts on model assessment of the environment pollution with various toxic substances. >>>
MSC-E completed assessment of atmospheric loads of Pb, Cd and Hg to the marine regions of the North-East Atlantic under support of the OSPAR Commission. Long-term deposition trends for the period from 1990 to 2019 were calculated for each OSPAR maritime region and source-receptor relationships were estimated for 1995, 2005 and 2015. The modelling results were evaluated against observed data from the OSPAR Comprehensive Atmospheric Monitoring Programme (CAMP). It was shown that current estimates of long-term trends were comparable with the results of the previous studies. The results of this work were summarized in the Technical Report [Ilyin et al., 2022].
A detailed study of Hg pollution on a country scale was performed for Norway as a part of the Norwegian Mercury Assessment 2022 (NMA 2022). The study was carried out in close collaboration with national experts and involving detailed national data on observations and emissions. Elevated Hg deposition levels were found in the southern part of the country and along the coast including the most northern areas, whereas low levels occur in the inland territories of the country. Mercury deposition to the country underwent relatively small reduction over past 30 years because of significant contribution of global emissions, which have been slowly changing. The study could useful for the effectiveness evaluation of national and international pollution reduction measures.
Spatial distribution of simulated Hg deposition over the territory of Norway (left) and measured Hg concentration in moss (right) in 2015.
Task Force on Measurement and Modelling, May, 2022
PAH/B(a)P pollution assessment at global, regional and national scales
New developments of heavy metal and POP pollution assessment
Joint EMEP SB/WGE Bureaux meeting, March 2022
Heavy metal and POP pollution assessment: Progress in 2022-2023 work plan
35rd TF meeting of the ICP-Vegetation, February 2022
7th Joint session of the Working Group on Effects and the Steering Body to EMEP, September, 2021
Heavy metal pollution assessment: emissions, monitoring and modelling
POP pollution assessment with focus on PAHs and long-term trends
Task Force on the Health Aspects of Air Pollution, May, 2021
POPs - BDE-99, SCCP, PFOS
Heavy metals of the second priority - Cu
Atmospheric Supply of Nitrogen, Copper, HCB, BDE-99, SCCP and PFOS to the Baltic Sea in 2019
EMEP Centres Joint Report for HELCOM - MSC-W Technical Report 1/2021
MSC-E Technical Report 2/2020 |
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MSC-E activity (Case study on Spain and France) |
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Country activities (Italy, Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, UK) |
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REACH regulation |
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EEA Report "Air quality in Europe - 2019 report" |
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ETC/ACM Technical Paper 2016 |
UBA Report 2016 "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
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- Harmful to the Environment! Toxic! Inevitable?" |
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ETC/ACM Report 2015 |
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CHMI Report "Air Pollution in the Czech Republic in 2013" |