Emissions of biogenic VOC from forest ecosystems in central Europe: estimation and comparison with anthropogenic emission inventory.

This paper describes a method of estimating emission fluxes of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) based on the approach proposed by Guenther et al. (1995) and the high-resolution Corine land-cover 2000 database (1x1km resolution). The computed emission fluxes for the Czech Republic (selected for analysis as being representative of a heavily cultivated, central European country) are compared with anthropogenic emissions, both for the entire country and for individual administrative regions.

Air pollution exposure monitoring and estimation VII. Estimation of population exposure in a central European airshed.

In order to clarify the local variation in exposure and source-receptor relationships, a dispersion model for estimating air pollution concentrations was developed for a polluted area in the Czech Republic. Three models characterized by different spatial resolution were integrated into one modelling tool. A regional-scale dispersion model accounted for pollution contribution from sources outside the modelling area.