Air Emissions Accounts
NOTES ON METHODOLOGY
Source and methods of data
collection
The data source for air emissions accounts is the data compilation of the
Croatian Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable
Development.
The air emissions accounts are one of the several physical modules of Eurostat’s
programme of environmental economic accounts. They are covered by the Regulation
(EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 on
European environmental economic accounts.
Air emissions accounts collect and present data on physical flows of gaseous or
particulate materials ("air emissions"). They collect air emissions in the
national economy classified according to economic activities in which these air
emissions occur (production activities of business entities and activities of
private households), as explained in the European System of National Accounts
(ESA).
Definitions
Air emissions are a physical flow of gaseous or
particulate materials from economy (production or consumption processes) that
pollute the atmosphere. Air emissions include emissions of greenhouse gases CO2,
N2O, CH4, HFC, PFC and SF6 NF3 as
well as emissions of air pollutants NOX, SOX, NH3,
NMVOC, CO, PM2.5 and PM10.
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CH4 |
methane |
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CO |
carbon monoxide |
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CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
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EU |
European Union |
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Gg |
gigagram (1 gigagram = 1 kilotonne) |
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HFC |
hydrofluorocarbon
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Mg
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megagram (1 megagram = 1 tonne)
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N2O
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nitrous oxide
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NH3 |
ammonia
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NMVOC
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non-methane volatile organic compounds
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NOX
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nitrogen oxide
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PFC |
perfluorocarbons
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PM2,5 |
particulate matter (less than or equal to a
nominal 2,5 |
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microns) |
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PM10 |
particulate matter (less than or equal to a
nominal 10
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microns) |
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SF6 NF3 |
sulphur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride |
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SOX |
sulphur oxides |
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t |
tonne |
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