List of Abbreviations
Besides the common abbreviations, symbols and terms, the following have been used:
In tables on the status of ratification
R | Ratification | Ac | Accession | Ap | Approval | At | Acceptance | Sc | Succession | |
(1) With declaration upon signature.
(2) With declaration upon ratification.
(3) For the Kingdom in Europe.
(4) Including the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekhelia on the Island of Cyprus.
(5) Including the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, the Isle of Man.
(6) Not applying to the Faeroe Islands and Greenland.
In the flow chart
ICP | International Cooperative Programme | TF | Task Force | WG | Working Group | CC | Coordination Centre | CCC | Chemical Coordinating Centre | CCE | Coordination Center for Effects | MRC | Main research Centre | MSC-E | Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-East | MSC-W | Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-West | PC | Programme Centre | PCC | Programme Coordination Centre | |
In the legal texts of the convention and its protocols
Currencies
DM | Deutsche mark |
ECU | European currency unit |
US$ | United States dollar |
Organizations, centres and programmes
ECE | Economic Commission for Europe | EMEP | Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe | MSC-E | Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-East | MSC-W | Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-West | SAPRC | Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, Los Angeles, United States of America | UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme | |
Weights and measures
C | Celsius | g | Gram | GJ | Gigajoule | h | Hour | K | Kelvin | kg | Kilogram | km | Kilometre | km2 | Square kilometre | kPa | Kilopascal | kt | Kilotonne | kWel | Kilowatt (electric) | kWh | Kilowatt-hour | m2 | quare metre | m3 | Cubic metre | mg | Milligram | MW | Megawatt | MWel | Megawatt (electric) | MWth | Megawatt (thermal) | t | Tonne | | |
Technical and scientific abbreviations
A B C D E F G H I J L K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AC | Activated carbon process | AD | Air dried | AS | Ammonia scrubbing | BBF | Biased-burner-firing | BE | Bitumen emulsion | BFBC | Bubbling fluidized bed combustion | BOOS | Burner-out-of-service | CCGT | Combined cycle gas turbine | CFBC | Circulating fluidized bed combustion | CFC | Chlorofluorocarbon | CNG | Compressed natural gas | CO | Carbon monoxide | CO2 | Carbon dioxide | DBB | Dry bottom boiler | EBDS | Electron beam dry scrubbing | EGR | Exhaust gas recirculation | FBC | Fluidized bed combustion | FGD | Flue gas desulphurization | FGR | Flue gas recirculation | HDV | Heavy-duty vehicle | IC | engine Internal combustion engine | IFNR | In-furnace-NOx-reduction reburning | IGCC | Integrated gasification combined cycle | LEA | Low excess air combustion | LNB | Low NOx burner | LPG | Liquefied petroleum gas | LWS | Lime/limestone wet scrubbing | MIR | Maximum incremental reactivity | NH3 | Ammonia | NO | Nitrogen oxide | NO2 | Nitrogen dioxide | NOx | Nitrogen oxides | N2O | Dinitrogen monoxide | O3 | Ozone | OBD | On-board diagnostic system | OFA | Over fire air combustion | PF | Pulverized fuel | PFBC | Pressurized fluidized bed combustion | POCP | Photochemical ozone creation potential | ppb | Parts per billion | ppmv | Parts per million by volume | RAP | Reduced air preheat | RVP | Reid vapour pressure | SCR | Selective catalytic reduction | SDA | Spray dry absorption | SNCR | Selective non-catalytic reduction | SO2 | Sulphur dioxide | SO3 | Sulphur trioxide | SOx | Sulphur oxides | SOMA | Sulphur oxides management area | STP | Standard temperature (0 C) and pressure (1.013 x 105 Pa) | TOMA | Tropospheric ozone management area | UV | Ultraviolet | VOC | Volatile organic compound | WBB | Wet bottom boiler | WL | Wellman Lord process | WSA | Wet sulphuric acid catalytic process | | |
