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ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIAENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

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GEO South – Eastern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Symposium on “Earth Observation Services for Monitoring the Environment and Protecting the General Public”.

8-10 June 2009, Athens, Greece

The role of the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Monitoring the Environment and Protecting the General Public

dr. Marjan Vezjak

• Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 6000 Koper, Pristaniška u. 12 , Slovenia

[email protected]


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Mission

• Observing, analyzing and forecasting natural phenomena and processes in the environment;

• Reducing impact of natural hazards;

• Ensuring high-quality environmental data for all target groups;

• Preserving natural resources and biodiversity, ensuring of sustainable development;

• Guiding change of national and personal values system in relation to the environment as well as influencing the value criteria for environmental encroachments;

• Implementing environmental protection requirements, following from legislation

• Raising the awareness of people and institutions about the environment and environmental issues;


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Weather forecasting

Weather forecasts for public, including warnings of dangerous and extreme weather occurrences:

Snow avalanches, fire, slippery ice, storm, hail, extreme air temperatures, UV solar radiation,…

MeteorologyMeteorology


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MeteorologyMeteorology

RadiosondRadiosondee launching launching in Ljubljanain Ljubljana

Meteorological Meteorological radar on radar on mountain mountain LiscaLisca

Visibility measurement at Visibility measurement at the Ljubljana airportthe Ljubljana airport


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Climate changeClimate change

Global warming and increasing frequency of extreme or dangerous events: downpour, floods, drought, destructive wind, glacier melting and disappearing, prevalence of certain weather types, heat waves, frost, sleet, …

To be informed, adapted and prepared

Ozone hole Hurricane


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Hydrology

Hydrological cycle observation

•• Monitoring of hydrological conditions of ground and surfacewater, including sea-level

• Hydrological conditions forecasting and warning

• Hydrological analyses:

• Water balance of Slovenia

• Groundwater quantity estimation


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Hydrological Forecasting

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Tabular ForecastGridded Products

Hydrograph----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Text Products

NaForecasts

Radar

Observations

Graphical and network products

Network products

Tabelaric data

Hydrogram Textual products

Warnings

Hydrology


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Earthquake observation March 2004

5400 5450 5500 5550 5600

5 0 5 0

5 1 0 0

5 1 5 0

5200

VOY

LJU

CEY

BISS

DOBS

BOJS

Scale (km)

Ljubljana

Kranj

Je senice

N. Gorica

Novo mesto

Celje

Maribor

M. Sobota

Koper

Velenje Pt uj

0 15 30 45 merilo (km)

obstoječe lokacijedržavne mreže

državne mreže načrtovane lokacije

Hrvaška

Avstrija

Madžarska

Italija

CADSROBS MOZSGORS

CRVS

GBASJAVS

SKDS KNDS GBRS

VISS

PDKS

LEGS

CRES GCIS

GOLS

ZAVS GROSKOGS

AGENCIJA RS ZA OKOLJEUrad za seizmologijo

akcelerografi

PERS

VNDS

CESS

(stanje marec 2004)

SeismologySeismology


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Monitoring the Environment

• Monitoring of natural phenomena– Meteorology– Hydrology– Seismology

• Pollution monitoring– Water quality– Air quality– Ionizing radiation


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PARAMETER DESCRIPTION

Item Unit Table Description

P 0 P0 System parameterP 10 o C P10 Air temperature - 2 mP 11 o C P11 Air temperature - 0.5 mP 12 o C P12 Air temperature - 0.5 mP 15 o C P15 Air temperature - 2 m - aspirated thermometerP 20 o C P20 Ground temperature - 0.05mP 21 o C P20 Ground temperature - 0.10mP 22 o C P22 Ground temperature - 0.30mP 30 o C P30 Water temperature – hydrologyP 31 o C P31 Water temperature in sampler - hydrologyP 32 P32 pHP 33 S/cm P33 Conductivity – hydrologyP 34 g/l P34 Dissolved oxygen – hydrologyP 35 % P35 Humidity on 2mP 40 P40 Leaf wetnessP 41 P41 UV erythemalP 42 P42 Sensor temperature for P41P 43 W/m2 P43 Global solar radiationP 44 W/m2 P44 Diffused solar radiationP 45 mW/m2 P45 UVB radiationP 46 mW/m2 ni IR radiationP 47 HPa P47 Barometric pressureP 51 mg/m3 P51 S02P 52 mg/m3 P52 NOP 53 mg/m3 P53 NOxP 54 mg/m3 P54 COP 55 mg/m3 P55 OzonP 60 Cm P60 Water level – hydrologyP 70 V P70 Voltage – R phaseP 71 V P71 Voltage – R phaseP 72 V P71 Voltage – R phaseP100 m/s P100 Wind - 10 mP103 m/s P103 Wind - 70 mP110 m/s Wind - 2mP118 m/s P118 Wind 31 ( airport ) – 10 m

Item Unit Table Description

P119 m/s P119 Wind 13 ( airport) – 10 mP120 mm P120 PrecipitationP135 % P135 Soil moistureP141 o C P141 Water temperature in samplerP142 P142 pHP143 S/cm P143 Conductivity at 20 o CP144 mgO2/l P144 Dissolved oxygenP145 TurbidityP147 mgC/l P147 TOC – total organic carbon in waterP160 Sv/h P160 RadioactivityP163 Sv/h P163 RadioactivityP180 m P180 Runway visual range (RVR 31); airportP181 m P181 Runway visual range (RVR MID); airportP182 m P182 Runway visual range (RVR 13); airportP183 m P183 Meteorological optical range (MOR 31); airportP184 m P184 Meteorological optical range (MOR MID); airportP185 m P185 Meteorological optical range (MOR 13); airportP186 ft P186 Cloud base height (31); airportP188 ft P188 Cloud base height (13); airportP189 % P189 Light intensity; airportP190 hPa P190 Barometric pressure; airportP195 cd P195 Background luminance; airportP418 g/m3 P418 Total dust particlesP420 g/m3 P420 Concentration of O3 (M22)P451 g/m3 P451 Concentration of SO2

P452 g/m3 P452 Concentration of NOP453 g/m3 P453 Concentration of NOxP454 g/m3 P454 Concentration of COP455 g/m3 P455 Concentration of O3

P456 g/m3 P456 Concentration of NO2

P461 P461 BenzenP462 P462 ToluenP463 P463 (Orto)xylenP464 P464 Etil-benzenP465 P465 (Meta-, Para- ) xylenP469 P469 Total VOC


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Calibration laboratory Calibration laboratory –– accreditation No. Laccreditation No. L--010, SA010, SA

Laboratory for air quality Laboratory for barometry

Laboratory for temperature and relative humidity

EnvironmentalEnvironmental MMonitoringonitoring


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SoE monitoringChemical Analysis Laboratory – accreditation No. L-053, SA

• Ion chromatography• UV/VIS Spectrophotometry• TOC/TN Analyzer• Atomic absorption

spectrometer• Gas chromatograph with

mass detection• ICP-MS for elements in

traces analysis• HPLC for analyzing organic

pollutants in water


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SoESoE monitoringmonitoring

Integral surface water quality assessment in 2002


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Administrative Procedures - Environment

• Environmental taxes

• Environmental protection consents

(Environmental Impact Assessments)

• Environmental permits: IPPC, other permits based on our EP Act

• Authorization of operational monitoring for water, air, soil, noise, electromagnetic radiations


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• Records:– polluters through different kinds of emissions and waste

management– providers of commercial public services– authorized provides of different kinds of monitorings and for

EIA

• Databases:– emissions of different kinds – waste and treatment– purification facilities– facilities built from environmental tax money– allotment of environmental tributes, water restitutions and

concessions

Environmental Environmental RRegistersegisters, , RRecordsecords and and DDatabasesatabases


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Administrative Procedures and Accompanying Activities

• Official records:

– natural values, including caves

– areas, important for preserving biodiversity (Natura 2000, Ecologically Important Areas)

– endangered species in Slovenia - Red lists

– protective measures for endangered species

• Administrative procedures related to natural values protection, areas important for biodiversity and protected areas

• CITES convention related tasks

Nature Conservation


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Reporting Obligations of the Republic of Slovenia

Obligations springing from international legal norms, adopted in the RS and referring to:

Communication of the names of the people and institutions responsible for: enforcing of the directives, legislation adoption and implementation, plans and programs, environmental data, etc.

in any form (electronic, printed)• To the bodies of the international institutions:

- DG - Environment at EC

- European Environment Agency

- Secretariats of the Conventions etc.

• To other countries

• To the public and NGOs in RS


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International Cooperation

• European Environment Agency (EEA)• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)• European Centre for Medium-Range

Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Eumetsat• Joint Research Centre (JRC)• Bilateral cooperation with comparable institutions

in EU• European Commission• …


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Integral Quality System

• Quality policy

• Quality board

• Three pillars of QA:

– Laboratory accreditation – ISO/IEC/SIST 17025• Calibration laboratory, Chemical Analysis Laboratory

– QA for EARS measurement network – Regulation on network quality assurance

• Monitoring office, Meteorology office, Seismology office

– ISO 9001:2000 – process approach• Entire EARS


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MISSIONDMCSEE mission is to coordinate and facilitate the development, assessment, and application of drought risk management tools and policies

in South-Eastern Europe with the goal of improving drought preparedness and reducing drought impacts


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• DMCSEE Consortium or Core contact group - UNCCD Focal Points andPermanent Representatives with the WMO in the SEE Coutries

• DMCSEE Secretariat - hosted byEnvironmental Agency of Slovenia

– Project coordinator– Technical assistance (contract: 1)– External expert contracts (2)– EARS staff – allocated part-time (2)

• DMCSEE International Steering Committee (ISC)– Representatives of all member countries– Representatives of WMO and UNCCD– DMCSEE project coordinator acts as ISC secretary

DMCSEE Structure


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• Collaboration in EUROGEOSS project; droughtmonitoring is one of the highlights of this FP7 project

• Environmental Agency of Slovenia is not fullpartner; we will collaborate with BiotechnicalFaculty of the University of Ljubljana (ourcontracting partner and full partner in theEUROGEOSS project)

Foreseen involvment in GEOSS


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• Collaboration in EUROGEOSS project;

• Our task in EUROGEOSS project (in collaboration with BF UNI-LJ): to prepareour regional drought monitoring productsin accordance with GEOSS data andmetadata standards.

Foreseen involvment in GEOSS

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