OR/14/047 Glossary
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Farr, G, and Hall J. 2014. Atmospheric deposition and groundwater dependent wetlands: implications for effective catchment management and future Water Framework Directive groundwater classification in England and Wales. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/14/047. |
BGS | British Geological Survey (NERC) |
CEH | Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (NERC) |
CBED | Concentration Based Estimated Deposition (See RoTAP, 2012)[1] |
CCW | Countryside Council for Wales (now part of Natural Resources Wales) |
CLRTAP | Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
CSM | Common standards monitoring |
EA | Environment Agency: lead environmental regulator in England |
FRAME | Fine Resolution Atmospheric Multi-pollutant Exchange, model is a Lagrangian atmospheric transport model used to assess the long-term annual mean deposition of reduced and oxidised nitrogen and sulphur over the United Kingdom |
GWB | Groundwater body: essentially a reporting unit for the Water Framework Directive GWDTE Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystem |
HD | Habitats Directive |
NE | Natural England: lead conservation agency in England |
NECD | National Emissions Ceiling Directive |
NNR | National Nature Reserve |
NRW | Natural Resources Wales: environmental regulator for Wales replaced Environment Agency Wales, Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales on 1st April 2013 |
NERC | Natural Environment Research |
Council SAC | Special Area of Conservation |
SSSI | Site of Special Scientific Interest |
UKTAG | UKTAG is a partnership of the UK environment and conservation agencies which was set up by the UK wide WFD policy group consisting of UK government administrations. It was created to provide coordinated advice on the science and technical aspects of the European Union's Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) |
WFD | Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) |
References[edit]
- ↑ RoTAP. 2012. Review of transboundary Air Pollution: Acidification, Eutrophication, Ground Level Ozone and Heavy Metals in the UK. Contract Report to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Center for Ecology & Hydrology.