The number of websites providing information on air and other environmental quality continues to increase rapidly. Follow the links below for a list of links to European pages, American pages and other pages from around the world. We also have links to environment organisations, pressure groups and sites containing meteorological data.
- Links from Scotland
- Links from Europe
- Links from the USA
- Links from around the world
- Links relating to Health
- Meteorological links
- Environment links
The Scottish Government is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over availability of the linked pages.
Scotland
- Scotland's Environment
- Air Quality information.
- Scottish Government - AQM
- Air Quality Management pages.
- Scottish Government - Home
- Home page of the Scottish Government.
- Scottish Government - Stats
- Statistics on-line.
- Public Health Scotland
- Public Health Scotland's webpages
- Scotland's Environment
- Scottish Environment website.
- Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics
- Statistical datasets on the Scottish Environment.
- SEPA
- Home page of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
- NAEI
- National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory
- SEPA SPRI
- The Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory is a publicly accessible database of releases of pollutants to all environmental media and transfers of waste.
- Environmental Protection Scotland
- Environmental Protection Scotland (EPS) has roots stretching back to the 19th Century. We bring together individuals and organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors to discuss and promote ideas, knowledge and solutions to achieve our aim of a cleaner, quieter, healthier and sustainable Scotland.
- Royal Environmental Health Society of Scotland
- The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland, often referred to by the acronym REHIS®, is an independent, self-financing registered Scottish charity whose main objectives are for the benefit of the community to promote the advancement of Environmental Health.
- SNIFFER
- Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research.
- Sustainable Scotland Network
- Local Authorities working together for a sustainable Scotland.
- Perth & Kinross Council
- Air Quality information for adults and children about pollution in the Perth & Kinross region.
Europe
- Andorra Air Quality
- Air quality website for Andorra showing near real-time air pollution levels and other air pollution information.
- ASPA
- Association for the monitoring and the study of atmospheric pollution in Alsace, France.
- CORINAIR Handbook
- The database provides an emissions inventory for 30 European countries based on 1994. Information is provided by country, and will in the future be available also by industrial sector and pollutant.
- Danish Air Quality Data
- Air pollution information from Danish Department of Environmental Science.
- EEA
- European Environment Agency.
- ENDS
- Environment Daily - European environmental information.
- EU Air Quality
- European Commission's Air Quality pages.
- Federal Environmental Agency of Germany
- An extensive site covering their many activities, in both German and English.
- IIASA - TAP Project
- Project Details of the Transboundary Air Pollution Project at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
- IRCEL - CELINE
- Information on ambient air quality in Belgium, which has daily ozone values over the summer, as well as historical data. Pages in Dutch, French, German and English.
- IVL
- Swedish Environmental Research Institute. Up-to-date summaries of current air quality and real-time monitoring data. Pages exist for the cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo and Copenhagen region, Norkoeping and Vasteras.
- RIVM
- The Dutch National Institute of Public Health and the Environment pages.
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
- Swedish national agency for environmental protection and nature conservation.
- UMEG
- Online air quality data for the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
USA
- Air Quality Information Publications
- Publications from the Air and Radiation Division of the US.
- AQMD Air Quality Management District
- South Coast Air Quality Management District - which covers Southern California, including Los Angeles. Containing a general introduction, forecasts, summary and reports.
- Colorado APCD
- Information from the Air Pollution Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.
- Indoor air quality resource
- Resource site for everything to do with indoor air quality. Full of newsletters, articles, links and other resources - ALL FREE - in one easy to navigate site to save time and money.
- PA DEP - Bureau of Air Quality Home Page
- Air Quality in the State of Pennsylvania - wide coverage of information.
- AirNow
- Forecasting air quality across the USA.
- Utah DEQ - Division of Air Quality Home Page
- Air Quality and related information from Utah.
World
- British Columbia Ministry of the Environment
- Air quality information including strategy on emissions, comments on climate change etc.
- Environment Canada
- Information on air quality and emissions.
- Environmental Protection Department of Hong Kong
- Air Pollution Index (API) supplies daily air quality information.
- Department of the Environment, Australia
- Environmental information from Australia.
Health
- Asthma UK
- The UK's leading asthma charity. There are over five million people with asthma in the UK, and Asthma UK is here for them when they need us most.
- British Lung Foundation
- One person in five in the UK is affected by lung disease. Millions more are at risk. We are here for every one of them, leading the fight against lung disease.
- Chest Heart and Stroke
- Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland improves the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest, heart and stroke illness, through medical research, influencing public policy, advice and information and support in the community.
- Chartered Institute for Environmental Health
- The Chartered Institute for Environmental Health is a professional, awarding and campaigning body at the forefront of environmental and public health and safety.
- Clean Air Hub
- Global Action Plan's Clean Air Hub.
- Health, Environment and Work
- This site provides many academically based educational resources related to Occupational and Environmental Health and Medicine.
- World Health Organisation
- The World Health Organisation Environment and health and air quality pages.
Meteorological
- BADC METEOSAT Weather Images
- Meteosat images of Europe.
- BBC Weather
- UK weather forecasting.
- ECMWF Home Page
- Home of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, including data archive and images of medium range weather maps.
- EUMETSAT satellite images
- Monitoring weather and climate from space.
- Freese-Notis Weather.Net for Europe
- Website with various weather related information.
- KNMI Home Page
- The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute Home Page, including weather forecasts over the whole of Europe.
- National Weather Service
- US Weather Information Site.
- SEAWIFS
- Interactive satellite images from NASA
- Met Office
- Providing UK forecast for week ahead.
- The Weather Channel
- Providing weather forecasts for UK, Europe and internationally.
- World Meteorological Organisation
- Providing information about weather, climate and water globally.
- Weather Online
- UK weather forecasting website.
Environment
- Defra
- UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
- EEA
- The European Environment Agency Web pages.
- Environment Agency
- The English Environment Agency website
- European Topic Centre for Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation
- The European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change assists the European Environment Agency in its support to EU policy in the field of air pollution and climate change.
- Friends of the Earth
- Friends of the Earth website.
- Greenpeace International
- Greenpeace International website.
- JRC
- Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
- UCAR
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, University of Colorado.
- TNO
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.