Third Country Training Program
on Acid Deposition Monitoring and Assessment
February 15 – 28, 2004
Environmental Research and Training Center (ERTC) Technopolis,
Pathumthani Thailand

General Information of the Training

Objectives

1. Have the potential in creating a common understanding on acid deposition problems in East Asia
2. Have fully acquired the ability and skills to perform acid deposition monitoring in their respective countries.
3. Have fully acquired the ability and skills to perform emission inventories and modeling for acid deposition.
4. Be able to assist in formulating control strategies and national environmental matters and strengthen links between national and regional policies in environmental assessment.

Contents

1. General information of acid deposition monitoring
   1-1 Acid Deposition Monitoring in East Asia (EANET)
   1-2 Air pollution related to acid deposition
   1-3 Introduction to Acid Deposition Monitoring
2. Wet Deposition Monitoring
   2-1 Sampling methods
   2-2 Analytical methods
   2-3 Quality Assurance / Quality Control
   2-4 Data management for wet deposition monitoring
3. Soil and Vegetation monitoring
   3-1 Criteria for site selection
   3-2 Sampling and analysis methods
4. Inland Aquatic Monitoring
   4-1 Criteria for site selection
   4-2 Sampling and analysis methods
5. Dry Deposition Monitoring
   5-1 Sampling method by filter pack
   5-2 Analytical methods
   5-3 Quality Assurance / Quality Control
   5-4 Method of calculation and data evaluation
6. Discussion on acid deposition monitoring
7. Field observation