EMEP centers

The operation of EMEP at the international level was designed to be carried out in two parts: one dealing with the chemical activities (monitoring) and the other with the meteorological activities (modelling). The co-ordination and intercalibration of chemical air quality and precipitation measurements are carried out at the Chemical Coordinating Centre (CCC) at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU). The CCC heavily relies on the active participation of the Parties that are running the monitoring sites (for the mandate of CCC, please see EB decision 2019/10). Two Meteorological Synthesizing Centres in different parts of Europe, one Western centre (MSC-West) at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and one Eastern centre (MSC-East) at the Hydrometeorological Service in Moscow, are responsible for the final evaluation of the meteorological data, both working in close cooperation with CCC. MSC-West is responsible for the modelling assessment of sulphur, nitrogen photooxidant pollutants and atmospheric particles (for the mandate of MSC-West, please see EB decision 2019/12). The modelling development for heavy metals and POPs is the responsibility of MSC-East (for the mandate of MSC-East, please see EB decision 2019/11).

The Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections (CEIP), which is hosted at the Environment Agency Austria (Umweltbundesamt), collects emissions and projections of acidifying air pollutants, heavy metals, particulate matter and photochemical oxidants from Parties to the Convention; reviews submitted inventories in order to improve the quality of reported data; and prepares data sets as input for long-range transport models (for the mandate of CEIP, please see EB decision 2019/14).

Reports of the Centres

Annual reports of the Centres are available below:

2022

Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections (CEIP)

Present state of emission data, review process and data for modellers

Review of adjustment applications

MSC-East

Assessment of heavy metal and POP pollution on global, regional and national scales

Trends in deposition of heavy metals to the OSPAR maritime area

Heavy metals and POPs: Assessment of heavy metal and POP pollution on global, regional and national scales. Part I. Supplementary materials for heavy metals

Heavy metals and POPs: Assessment of heavy metal and POP pollution on global, regional and national scales. Part II. Supplementary materials for POPs

2021