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Permanent/Monitoring Project

The main task of the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) is to measure the ambient air quality in Switzerland and to provide high quality long-term measurement series of air pollutants. The NABEL network provides objective results of the impact of air pollutants in Switzerland and so contributes to air quality policy.

The NABEL monitoring network is operated by EMPA (Air Pollution / Environmental Technology Department) under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), which is responsible for the enforcement of the Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC). The NABEL database enables FOEN to observe trends and to evaluate the success of air pollution measures on a yearly basis.

The NABEL monitoring network consists of 16 monitoring stations that are located all over Switzerland. The monitoring stations are representative of different typical levels of pollution, and are classified according to the type of site. NABEL participates in international programs: Some of the rural monitoring sites are integrated into the European Monitoring and Evaluation Program' (EMEP), and the high-alpine site at Jungfraujoch is a part of the Global Atmosphere Watch' program (GAW). In addition, NABEL provides data for the European air quality information system EUROAIRNET.
Entry no. 36553

Swiss National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) - Nationales Beobachtungsnetz für Luftfremdstoffe (NABEL)
