| The air quality monitoring programme may be developed through different phases.
This is especially the case for the establishment of an on-line automatic air quality monitoring programme. The different steps in the development could be divided into 6 phases such as:
| Phase 0: |
Preliminary assessment, emission inventory and modelling |
| Phase 1: |
Planning and design (screening studies, siting) |
| Phase 2: |
Establish National Reference Laboratory,
Includes one complete monitoring station at NRL,
QA/QC set-up and training, and
international calibration. |
| Phase 3: |
Select Monitoring Institution, start training
Implementation:
Installations of 1 to 3 sites (street, urban background, regional background, plus a meteorological station) |
| Phase 4: |
Assess further needs, implement further installations |
| Phase 5: |
Test operational phase, develop reporting procedures, and continue training |
| Phase 6: |
Develop and test operational air quality dispersion model
Concentration distribution mapping
Exposure estimates
Early warning and forecasting systems
Information to the public (Internet applications) |
All of these components will be necessary to meet the EU requirements for air quality monitoring and assessment. The long-term development and investment strategy for air quality monitoring should be designed to ensure that
the project will be able to fully meet the EU requirements, and that this capability will be sustainable.
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