Monitoring Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants in Air at Svalbard

Updated 2000-10-23

To monitor concentrations of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants in air in the Arctic.

This is a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

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Comments and additional information:

PD921 in previous AMAP PD

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 1993 -
Data collection: 1993 - 1999
Data processing: 1993 - 1999
Data reporting: 1993 - 1999

Contact information

Contact person: S. Manö
Address: Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) Instituttveien 18 N-2007 Kjeller Norway
Phone: +47 63 89 80 00
Fax: +47 63 89 80 50
Email: on.ulin@ms
Other project contacts: Jozef Pacyna - NILU Torunn Berg - NILU

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Heavy metals

Other metals/elements

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Geography

Regions studied: Atmospheric TDC; Atmospheric TDC
Stations or areas where observations are made: Mt. Zeppelin 78.55N 11.53E

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: yes-all

Data centres: Atmospheric TDC

References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports

AMAP Datareport: Atmospheric Subprogramme. T. Berg, A-G. Hjellebrekke. NILU Report OR-16-99 Heavy metals and POPs within the ECE region 1997. T. Berg, A-G. Hjellebrekke. EMEP/CCC Report 7/99 Heavy metals and POPs within the ECE region 1998. T. Berg, A-G. Hjellebrekke, R. Larsen. EMEP/CCC Report 2/2000

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: High volume sampling. Quantification of extracts using ICP-MS or GC/MS
QA/QC Information (what QA/QC procedures are implemented, laboratories involvment in QA/QC activities, model verification/validation routines, etc.): Lab has accreditation according to NS-EN 45001.

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: EMEP