Northern Contaminants Program - Air Quality Monitoring (NCP-AQM)

The atmospheric monitoring subcomponent of the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) studies long-range transport of anthropogenic organic pollutants in air (AOPA), mercury, and chemicals of emerging arctic concern from around the globe. This subcomponent includes three NCP Core Monitoring Projects, namely “Northern Contaminants Air Monitoring: Organic Pollutant Measurements”, “Mercury Measurements at Alert and Little Fox Lake”, and “Passive Air Sampling Network for Organic Pollutants and Mercury”. Long-term air measurements of contaminants are collected continuously throughout the year. In addition, there are several passive air sampling stations across the Arctic. The data are used to assess the effectiveness of national and international chemical control initiatives. This program is associated with the Chemical Management Plan, the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), the Stockholm Convention on POPs, the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Aarhus Protocol on POPs, and the Minimata Convention on Mercury.

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Date Stamp
2021-12-14T18:41:24
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre)

Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3,
1-800-668-6767

http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Title

Northern Contaminants Program - Air Quality Monitoring (NCP-AQM)
Date (Creation)
2018-05-17
Date (Publication)
2018-11-15
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - NAtChem Database and Analysis Facility ( Data dissemination facilitator)

Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • Air, Air Quality, Atmospheric Monitoring, NAtChem, Contributing Networks and Studies, Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network, NCP_AQM, Northern Contaminants Program, Combined Atmospheric Gases and Particles, Anthropogenic Organic Pollutants in Air, Atmospheric Gases, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, PAH, Polychlorinated Biphenyl, PCB, Organchlorine Pesticide, OC, Flame Retardants, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether, PBDE, Total Gaseous Mercury, TGM, speciated mercury, Alert, Little Fox Lake, Arctic

  • Atmosphere

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Air quality

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Air

Business Functions

  • Provide Air Quality/UV Information Products and Services

  • Monitor Air Quality and UV Parameters and Manage Data

Geography

  • National (CA)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Atmospheric Science and Technology

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

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Use Constraints
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Begin Date
2011-01-01

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Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre)

Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3,
1-800-668-6767

http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Air, Air Quality, Atmospheric Monitoring, NAtChem, Contributing Networks and Studies, Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network, NCP_AQM, Northern Contaminants Program, Combined Atmospheric Gases and Particles, Anthropogenic Organic Pollutants in Air, Atmospheric Gases, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, PAH, Polychlorinated Biphenyl, PCB, Organchlorine Pesticide, OC, Flame Retardants, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether, PBDE, Total Gaseous Mercury, TGM, speciated mercury, Alert, Little Fox Lake, Arctic Atmosphere
Business Functions

Monitor Air Quality and UV Parameters and Manage Data Provide Air Quality/UV Information Products and Services
ECCC Information Category EN

Air
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Air quality
external.theme.EC_Branch

Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate

Atmospheric Science and Technology
external.theme.GC_Security_Level

Unclassified


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