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Biogeographical regions, Europe 2008 (Sep 19 2008 00:00 GMT)
WISE River basin districts (RBDs) (Sep 19 2008 00:00 GMT)
Top: The geographic area of some RBDs span more than one country (such as the Danube) and these are known as International RBDs. Others are contained completely within a country and are known as National RBDs. Bottom: RBDs in EU and outside EU.
Interpolated air quality data (Sep 17 2008 00:00 GMT)
Interpolated maps showing air quality in Europe. The maps are derived from the measurement data at the stations in AirBase in combination with modelled output from EMEP and with other parameters.
Zones in relation to EU air quality thresholds (Sep 17 2008 00:00 GMT)
Member States provide an annual assessment of air quality in comparison to EU air quality thresholds. Information is reported for the zones designated under the Framework Directive on ambient air quality (96/62/EC).
European river catchments (Aug 26 2008 00:00 GMT)
The purpose of the European river catchments (ERC) is to provide a homogeneous European catchments dataset at scale 1:1 million that can be used together with the digital topographic data of EuroGlobalMap . This second version also comprises Iceland and Romania
Biogeographical regions, Europe 2008 (Aug 26 2008 00:00 GMT)
The bio-geographic regions dataset contains the official delineations used in the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and for the EMERALD Network set up under the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention). Modifications adopted by the Bern Convention Standing Committee and approved by habitats Committee in 05-04/03. Opposed to former versions this layer has an improved geographical scale of 1:1000000. This means that it can also be used to analysis purposes.
EPER - The European Pollutant Emission Register (Aug 19 2008 00:00 GMT)
EPER is a web-based register, which enables the public to view data on emissions to water and air of 50 key pollutants from large and medium-sized industrial point sources in the European Union. The register is hosted by the European Environment Agency. The main objective of EPER is to fulfill the publics right to know about the releases of pollutants in their neighbourhood. In addition, it gives people emissions data on a national or European scale.
Percentage of the urban population in EEA-32 potentially exposed to pollutant concentrations over selected limit/target values (Aug 05 2008 00:00 GMT)
Pattern of critical loads exceedances of nutrient nitrogen (Aug 05 2008 00:00 GMT)
Green potential background (Jul 18 2008 00:00 GMT)
CORILIS layers can be grouped by simple addition. This layer groups the green classes in order to provide a green background for overlaying land cover changes. The CORILIS classes grouped in this layer are: C2B Pastures & mixed farmland, C3A Forests and transitional woodland shrub, C3B Natural grassland, heathland, sclerophylous vegetation, C3C Natural grassland, heathland, sclerophylous vegetation, C4 Open space with little or no vegetation and C5 Water bodies.
Land cover flows based on Corine land cover changes database (1990-2000) (Jul 16 2008 00:00 GMT)
Corine land cover changes are classified into land cover flows based on Land cover accounts (LEAC) methodology and generalised using the 1 Km reference grid size. The value in each grid cell is the percentage of the cell surface affected by a given land cover flow. Land cover flows are grouped into three hierarchial levels (See Methodology Description).
Dominant land cover types 1990 (Jul 11 2008 00:00 GMT)
Dominant land cover types are defined by classification of the CORILIS layers into dominant classes. A land cover type is dominant in a point when its density value in that point is bigger than a threshold value. When co-dominances exist a supplementary criterion is needed in order to give priority to one class in front the others. The criterion used emphasizes the urban areas. For further information refer to the Methodology document.
WISE River basin districts (RBDs) (Jun 27 2008 00:00 GMT)
River Basin Districts (RBDs) are the main units for the management of river basins and have been delineated by Member States under Article 3 of the Water Framework Directive. The geographic area of some RBDs span more than one country (such as the Danube) and these are known as International RBDs. Others are contained completely within a country and are known as National RBDs. River basin districts are defined as the area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighbouring river basins together with their associated groundwaters and coastal waters, which is identified under Article 3(1) as the main unit for management of river basins. Coastal waters are defined as one nautical mile from the coastline and extending, where appropriate, up to the outer limit of transitional waters.
WISE Large rivers and large lakes (Jun 27 2008 00:00 GMT)
Large rivers are rivers that have a catchment area large than 50,000 km2 or other rivers and tributaries that have a catchment area larger than 5,000 km2. Large lakes are lakes that have a surface area larger than 500 km2. The definitions are from the WISE GIS guidance document. The main purpose of the data sets is to provide a cartographic background. To have a visually uninterrupted hydrographic network the feature layers should be used in combination with Transitional waters.
National emissions reported to the UNFCCC and to the EU Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism (Jun 18 2008 00:00 GMT)
Data on greenhouse gas emissions and removals, sent by countries to UNFCCC and the EU Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism (EU Member States). Data compiled and held by ETC/ACC are annual emissions of CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6 from individual countries. Sectoral data (IPCC classification) is provided for the following main source categories: Energy, Industrial Processes, Solvent and Other Product Use, Agriculture, Land-Use Change and Forestry, Waste, Other, CO2 emissions from Biomass, International bunkers and Multilateral Operations.
Waterbase - Lakes (Jun 18 2008 00:00 GMT)
Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, and on the quantity of Europe's water resources. Waterbase contains timely, reliable and policy-relevant data collected from EEA member countries through the WISE-SoE data collection (formerly known as Eionet-Water and Eurowaternet) process. WISE-SoE data collection selects validated monitoring data from national databases and adds information on the physical characteristics of the water bodies being monitored and on the pressures potentially affecting water quality. The added value of Waterbase is that data collected through the WISE-SoE data collection process are from statistically stratified monitoring stations and groundwater bodies and are comparable at the European level. Waterbase data are primarily used in the production of the EEA's indicator-based factsheets.
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