NERI publishes annual reports with results from NERI's air pollution monitoring programmes. Many of these reports are in English, and they provide a good overview of the situation in Denmark. The present page gives an overview of the reports.

Please note that there are other reports and publications on related subjects. In order to find additional literature, you may use the overview page on air pollution literature or perform a search in the database of NERI publications.

Annual reports from the LMP (urban) monitoring programme

The LMP monitoring programme is based on a network of monitors in towns. The yearly LMP reports in English have the title "The Danish Air Quality Monitoring Programme".

The newest reports are: 

• Ellermann, T, Nordstrøm, C, Brandt, J, Christensen, JH, Ketzel, M & Jensen, SS 2010, The Danish Air Quality Monitoring Programme. Annual Summary for 2009, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University. 61 pp. NERI Technical Report No. 799. Summary| Sammenfatning |Full report in PDF-format (2,70 MB).
• Ellermann, T., Kemp, K., Brandt, J., Christensen, J., Ketzel, M. & Jensen, S.S. 2010: The Danish Air Quality Monitoring Programme. Annual Summary for 2008. National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University. 54 pp. NERI Technical Report No. 752. | Summary | Sammenfatning |  Full report in pdf (3,54 MB).
• Kemp, K., Ellermann, T., Brandt, J., Christensen, J., Ketzel, M. & Jensen, S.S., 2008: The Danish Air Quality Monitoring Programme. Annual Summary for 2007. National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus. 47 pp. NERI Technical Report No. 681. Sammenfatning |Summary | Full report i pdf-format (1,544 kB)

You can find additional reports through a search in NERI's database of publications.

Background monitoring

The Nation-wide Danish Background Monitoring Programme (BOP) collects information on air quality in Danish background areas (outside of towns).

The yearly BOP reports are in Danish with a summary in English. They have the title "Atmosfærisk deposition af kvælstof" or just "Atmosfærisk deposition"

The newest reports: 

• Ellermann, T., Andersen, H.V., Bossi, R., Christensen, J., Kemp, K., Løfstrøm, P. & Monies, C. (2010): Atmosfærisk deposition 2008. NOVANA.Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser, Aarhus Universitet. 74 s. Faglig rapport fra DMU, nr. 761. Sammenfatning | Hele rapporten i PDF-format (2,06 MB) 
• Ellermann, T., Andersen, H.V., Bossi, R., Christensen, J., Geels, C., Kemp, K.., Løfstrøm, P., Mogensen, B.B. & Monies, C. (2009): Atmosfærisk deposition 2007. NOVANA. Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser, Aarhus Universitet. 97 s.  Faglig rapport fra DMU, nr. 708. Hele rapporten i pdf-format
• Ellermann, T., Andersen, H.V., Bossi, R., Christensen, J., Frohn, L.M., Geels, C., Kemp, K., Løfstrøm, P., Mogensen, B.B. & Monies, C. 2007: Atmosfærisk deposition 2006. NOVANA. . Faglig rapport fra DMU nr. 645, 65 s. Hele rapporten i pdf-format (2.016 kB). 

An overview (in English) of the results of background measurements from a 20-year period is given in the report:

• N.Z.Heidam (2000): The Background Air Quality in Denmark 1978-97. National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark. 192 p. NERI Technical Report No.341.
  See the abstract or the entire report (NB: The file has a size of 13.5 MB!).

See also:

• Overview page on air pollution literature
• Information concerning air pollution programmes.
• The entry page to all NERI's web pages on air pollution, www.air.dmu.dk