Press Release

March 29, 2007
  • Air & Transportation

Manual for Continuous Monitoring of Air Pollution (the 5th Edition)

The "Manual for Continuous Monitoring of Air Pollution" shows how the local governments shall monitor air pollution and how they shall maintain their air pollution monitoring equipment. The manual was first published in 1980 and had been revised three times.
To incorporate social changes and the progress made in continuous monitoring technology, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) set up a special committee and released a revised version of the manual (the 5th edition). The revised points are as follows:
1. Integration of the Manual and other documents
2. Maintenance of consistency with the revised JIS of monitoring equipment
3. Improvement in the explanation regarding the maintenance of new equipment
4. Improvement in the explanation regarding the telemetry system to meet the progress made in IT technology

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