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Integrated background monitoring in the USSR

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The whole biosphere of the Earth is faced with an increasing anthropogenic pressure. Mankind uses natural resources for its physical and spiritual demands so widely that undesirable effects appear not only in separate regions but embrace the whole biosphere as well. As a rule, such processes develop slowly. They have an irreversible character and to avoid them, preventive decisions are needed. For that purpose, comprehensive and systematic information on the state of the biosphere is needed.

The integrated background monitoring system has been implemented and is in operation in the USSR. Structurally, the integrated background monitoring system is divided into three groups: background stations on land; background stations on fresh water; and background stations on inland and periphery seas.

All of the data received from these stations are analyzed and correlated at the Natural Environment and Climate Monitoring Laboratory of the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology and Control of the Natural Environment, the USSR Academy of Sciences, and in other scientific institutes of the State Committee. The information serves for the assessment of the state of the environment, prediction of anthropogenic effects, and for evaluation of the measures taken to prevent pollution of the biosphere at national and international levels.

The information is shared in a wide international exchange within the framework of several international organizations (UNEP, WMO, UNESCO, ECE, CMEA, and others) and of the bilateral agreements on cooperation in the field of environmental protection (USA, France, Sweden, FRG, CMEA Member Countries).

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  1. USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology and Control of Natural Environment, USSR

    Yu. A. Izrael

  2. Natural Environment and Climate Monitoring Laboratory, USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology and Control of Natural Environment/USSR Academy of Sciences, USSR

    F. Ya. Rovinsky

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Izrael, Y.A., Rovinsky, F.Y. Integrated background monitoring in the USSR. Environ Monit Assess 11, 225–238 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394672

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