Cover of publication Dokumentation 03/2021 Critical loads for eutrophication and acidification for European terrestrial ecosystems
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Critical loads for eutrophication and acidification for European terrestrial ecosystems


The project aimed to improve the European background database used by the Coordination Centre for Effects (CCE) to calculate Critical Loads (CLs) for eutrophication and acidification for (semi-) natural European terrestrial ecosystems. The database is used when member countries do not provide their own CL data to the CCE. In this case, the missing country data are replaced by the results of the background database when the CCE produces European CL maps. This report describes the (a) underlying datasets; (b) derivation of the input data for the CL model; (c) R packages and scripts developed; and (c) verification of the results. These results feed into international and national policy advice, e.g., they are an important input to the Gothenburg Protocol Review currently underway in the year 2021.

Series
Dokumentationen | 03/2021
Number of pages
78
Year of publication
Author(s)
Gert Jan Reinds, Daphne Thomas, Maximilian Posch, Jaap Slootweg
Language
English
Project No. (FKZ)
3719 52 201 0
Publisher
Umweltbundesamt
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