Integrated Global Background Monitoring Network

Conference · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5811999

Wiersma, G B; Franklin, J F; Kohler, A; Croze, H; Boelcke, C

One of the more significant problems when trying to determine what impact is having on global cycles is not knowing what ''natural'' levels should be for both abiotic (gases, trace elements) and biotic (ecosystem functions) processes. The authors believe that a well designed, coordinated network of baseline stations in remote areas around the world can provide a data base will allow best current estimates to be made of biotic and abiotic baseline conditions. These baseline conditions will then help us make better comparisons with more impacted areas, and thus help us more fully understand the impact man is having on his world. This paper examines the history of background pollution monitoring at the international level, describes current activities in the field of ''integrated'' background monitoring, and proposes criteria for the development of a global network of baseline stations to coordinate background monitoring for the presence, accumulation and behavior of pollutants in remote ecosystems. In this paper, this network is called the Integrated Global Background Monitoring Network.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA); Forest Service, Corvallis, OR (USA). Forestry Sciences Lab.; World Meteorological Organization, Geneva (Switzerland); United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi (Kenya)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5811999
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-39086; CONF-861269-2; ON: DE88001503
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. US-USSR symposium on comprehensive analysis of the environment, Washington, DC, USA, 10 Dec 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ECOSYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
COOPERATION
ECOLOGY
POLLUTION
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