Welcome to the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland's Long Range Transboundary Air Pollutant database. From this resource you can access a rich volume of information on Ireland's national transboundary air pollutants.

As a Party to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP), Ireland is required to annually report emission data for a wide range of air pollutants and other substances released into the atmosphere.

The data are needed to support the work of the Convention in addressing well-known environmental problems such as urban pollution, acidification and trophospheric ozone formation arising from classic pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), ammonia (NH3), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM), and for the implementation of its Protocols on Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=3039
Resource Keywords	CLRTAP "Long Range Transboundary" nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), ammonia (NH3), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter (PM)
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	CLRTAP
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Climate Change
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	The reliability, quality and completeness of data gained through SAFER-Data is intended to be used in an education or research context. These data are not guaranteed for use in operational or decision-making settings. The EPA and SAFER-Data requests an acknowledgement (in publications, conference papers, etc) from those who use data/information received with SAFER-Data. This acknowledgement should state the original creators of the data/information. An automated citation is provided below. It is not ethical to publish data/information without proper attribution or co-authorship. The data/information are the intellectual property of the collecting investigator(s). The data/information may be freely downloaded and used by all who respect the restrictions and requirements in the previous paragraphs.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	163
Project Start Date	Tuesday 1st January 2008 (01-01-2008)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Tuesday 1st January 2008 (01-01-2008)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Tuesday 1st October 2013 (01-10-2013)
Published on SAFER	Saturday 16th November 2013 (16-11-2013)
Date of Last Edit	Thursday 2nd April 2015 at 14:10:20 (02-04-2015)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Thursday 2nd April 2015 at 14:10:20 (02-04-2015)

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Description of Geographical Characteristics of This Project or Dataset
Ireland: As a Party to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP), Ireland is required to annually report emission data for a wide range of air pollutants and other substances released into the atmosphere.

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