• Air quality assessment in the surroundings of aluminium smelters. Effect of emissions on air quality in the past (1992 – now). 

      Hak, Claudia (NILU report;24/2022, Research report, 2022)
      On behalf of Aluminiumindustriens Miljøsekretariat (AMS), NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research reviewed existing data on ambient air quality around aluminium smelters from the period 1992 – 2020. Changes in production ...
    • Air quality assessment of the surroundings of the Hydro Sunndal aluminium smelter. Measurements May – August 2019. 

      Hak, Claudia (NILU report;2/2021, Research report, 2021)
      On behalf of Aluminiumindustriens Miljøsekretariat (AMS), NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research has conducted a sampling campaign in the surroundings of the Hydro Sunndal aluminium smelter in order to update the ...
    • Air quality in 7 Norwegian municipalities in 2015. Summary report for NBV results. 

      Tarrasón, Leonor; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vo, Dam Thanh; Hamer, Paul David; Vogt, Matthias; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Røen, Håvard Vika; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad (NILU report;15/2018, Research report, 2018)
      This report documents the methodology used to compile air quality information for the year 2015 in seven Norwegian municipality areas under the first phase of development of the Norwegian Air Quality Planning Tool, also ...
    • Air quality in Norwegian cities in 2015. Evaluation Report for NBV Main Results. 

      Tarrasón, Leonor; Sousa Santos, Gabriela; Vo, Dam Thanh; Vogt, Matthias; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Denby, Bruce; Tønnesen, Dag Arild; Sundvor, Ingrid; Røen, Håvard Vika; Høiskar, Britt Ann Kåstad (NILU report;21/2017, Research report, 2018)
      This report documents the final deliveries of the first phase of development of the Norwegian Air Quality Planning Tool, also called “Nasjonalt Beregningsverktøy” or NBV. The main purpose of NBV is to provide a common ...
    • Air quality in Ny-Ålesund. Monitoring of local air quality 2014-2015. 

      Johnsrud, Mona; Hermansen, Ove; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen (NILU report;35/2016, Research report, 2016)
      The concentrations of the measured components are generally low and below national limit values for the protection of human health and critical levels for the protection of vegetation. Wind from northern sectors gave the ...
    • Air quality in Ny-Ålesund. Monitoring of local air quality 2016-2017. 

      Johnsrud, Mona; Hermansen, Ove; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen (NILU report;30/2018, Research report, 2018)
      The concentrations of the measured components are generally low and below national limit values for the protection of human health and critical levels for the protection of vegetation. Wind from northern sectors gave the ...
    • Air Quality in Ny-Ålesund. Monitoring of Local Air Quality 2018. 

      Johnsrud, Mona; Hermansen, Ove; Krejci, Radovan; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen (NILU report;21/2019, Research report, 2019)
      The concentrations of the measured components are generally low and below national limit values for the protection of human health and critical levels for the protection of vegetation. Wind from northern sectors gave the ...
    • Air Quality in Ny-Ålesund. Monitoring of Local Air Quality 2019 and 2020. 

      Johnsrud, Mona; Hermansen, Ove; Krejci, Radovan; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen (NILU report;28/2021, Research report, 2021)
      The concentrations of the measured components are generally low and below national limit values for the protection of human health and critical levels for the protection of vegetation. Wind from northern sectors gave the ...
    • Air quality in Sandefjord, Norway. November 2021 – August 2023. 

      Salamalikis, Vasileios; Castell, Nuria (NILU report;1/2024, Research report, 2024)
      This report examines the air quality patterns in terms of particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) in Sandefjord, Norway. PM2.5 was monitored through five low-cost sensors in hourly resolution from ...
    • Alcoa Mosjøen. Measurements of CF4 and C2F6 emissions from Alcoa Aluminium’s smelter at Mosjøen, Norway. 

      Schmidbauer, Norbert; Hermansen, Ove; Lunder, Chris Rene (NILU report;8/2023, Research report, 2024)
      NILU performed a test campaign for measurements of CF4 and C2F6 for stack emissions at Alcoa Mosjøen Smelter. Time-integrated samples were taken with evacuated canisters combined with low-flow restrictors for continuous ...
    • Analyses of selected organic contaminants and metals in coffee cups. Technical report. 

      Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Harju, Mikael; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Borgen, Anders; Kringstad, Alfhild; Bjørklund, Morten; Thomassen, Silje Eltvik; Vadset, Marit; Ghebremeskel, Mebrat; Eikenes, Heidi; Reid, Malcolm James (NILU rapport; 24/2018, Research report, 2018)
      On behalf of Norwegian Consumer Council, NILU has conducted analyses of organic contaminants and metals in the leachate from selected coffee-cups. The simulation of the leakage is conducted based on a compilation of the ...
    • Analyses of selected organic contaminants and metals in drinking bottles. Technical report. 

      Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Harju, Mikael; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Borgen, Anders; Kringstad, Alfhild; Bjørklund, Morten; Thomassen, Silje; Vadset, Marit; Ghebremeskel, Mebrat; Eikenes, Heidi; Reid, Malcolm James (NILU rapport;22/2018, Research report, 2018)
      On behalf of Norwegian Consumer Council NILU has conducted analyses of organic contaminants and metals in the leachate from selected drinking bottles. The simulation of the leakage is conducted based on a compilation of ...
    • Appropriate Assimilation Methods for Air Quality Prediction and Pollutant Emission Inversion. An Urban Data Assimilation Systems Report. 

      Hamer, Paul David; Walker, Sam-Erik; Schneider, Philipp (NILU report;25/2020, Research report, 2021)
      This report presents a review of data assimilation methods applicable to air quality. In the introduction, we first describe a brief history of data assimilation method development in the context of numerical weather ...
    • Assessment of additives used in plastic in seabirds 

      Herzke, Dorte; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Harju, Mikael; Borgen, Anders; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe (NILU report;1/2019, Research report, 2019)
      Liver samples from 10 herring gulls (Larus argentatus) were investigated for a broad range of chemicals used as additives in plastic products. The aim of this study was to clarify if the ingestion of plastic by seabirds ...
    • Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in Norway. National moss survey 2015. 

      Steinnes, Eiliv; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Berg, Torunn (NILU report;28/2016, Research report, 2016)
      Commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency, NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research in collaboration with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), collected moss from 230 sites and determined the ...
    • Atmospheric deposition of organic contaminants in Norway. National survey 2015. 

      Schlabach, Martin; Steinnes, Eiliv; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle (NILU report; 30|2016, Research report, 2016)
      For the second Norwegian Moss survey on organic contaminants 20 samples were collected on the Norwegian mainland in rural areas presumably little affected by local point sources of pollutants. PeCB, HCB, PCB, HCH, DDT, ...
    • Beregning av korrosjonsklasse fra miljøparametere i Fitjar. Lokasjon (59°56'11.5"N 5°19'58.4"Ø). 

      Grøntoft, Terje (NILU rapport;12/2022, Research report, 2022)
      Korrosjonsklasse ble beregnet på lokasjon (59°56'11.5"N 5°19'58.4"Ø) i Fitjar, Vestland, Norge, fra årsgjennomsnitt for miljøparametere etter ISO 9223 og ISO 12944-2. Det ble funnet at korrosjonsklassen med høy sannsynlighet ...
    • Beregning av luftkvalitet ved Bjørnheimveien 26 

      Tønnesen, Dag Arild; Weydahl, Torleif (NILU rapport;15/2021, Research report, 2021)
      NILU har blitt engasjert av Prem Partners II A/S for å vurdere utbredelse av luftsoner for dagens situasjon og en framtidig situasjon med foreslått boligblokk i Bjørnheimveien 26. Det er anvendt en Gaussisk spredningsmodell ...
    • CITI-SENSE. Final report on methodology. Deliverable 6.4, Work Package 6. 

      Fredriksen, Mirjam; Bartonova, Alena; Knezevic, Z.; Kobernus, Michael John; Liu, Hai-Ying; Santiago, L.; Schneider, Philipp; Tamilin, A. (NILU report; 29/2016, Research report, 2017)
      This document is a technical description of the CITI-SENSE main products described in the CITI-SENSE portfolio of products. These products were developed, extended or adjusted in the CITI-SENSE project to fulfil and maintain ...
    • CO2-rensing Klemetsrud. Beregning av nitros- og nitraminer. 

      Tønnesen, Dag (NILU rapport;11/2018, Research report, 2018)
      Beregning av spredning og dannelse av nitros- og nitramin er gjennomført for et potensielt aminbasert CO2-fangst-anlegg på Klemetsrud. Det er utført beregninger for tre ulike aminer. Beregningene viser makismal ...