Archived: Air pollutant emission inventory report: acronyms

List of acronyms, abbreviations and units

Acronyms and abbreviations

AAFC

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

APEI 

Air Pollutant Emission Inventory

CAC

Criteria air contaminant

CANSIM 

Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System

CCME   

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

CEA

Canadian Electricity Association

CEIP 

Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections

CEPA    

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CLRTAP 

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

CNG

Compressed natural gas

CORINAIR

Core Inventory of Air Emissions in Europe

CPI  

Consumer Price Index

EEA 

European Environment Agency

EF 

Emission factor

EIIP 

Emission Inventory Improvement Program

EMEP    

European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme

FVRD

Fraser Valley Regional District

GVRD    

Greater Vancouver Regional District

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

LPG 

Liquefied petroleum gas

MOVES

Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator

NAESI   

National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative

NAHARP

National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and Reporting

NAICS   

North American Industry Classification System

NFR 

Nomenclature for Reporting

NPRI 

National Pollutant Release Inventory

NRCan  

Natural Resources Canada

PM

Particulate matter

PM₁₀

Particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns

PM_2.5 

Particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns

POP 

Persistent organic pollutant

QC

Quality control

RESD

Report on Energy Supply-Demand Canada

SOMA    

Sulphur Oxides Management Area

TPM

Total particulate matter

U.S. EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

UNECE  

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

VOC

Volatile organic compound

Chemical formulas

B(a)p

Benzo(a)pyrene

B(b)f 

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

B(k)f

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

Cd 

Cadmium

CH₄ 

Methane

CO

Carbon monoxide

D/F 

Dioxins and furans

HCB    

Hexachlorobenzene

Hg 

Mercury

I(cd)p

Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene

NH₃ 

Ammonia

NO₂ 

Nitrogen dioxide

NO_x 

Nitrogen oxides

PAH 

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Pb    

Lead

SO₂

Sulphur dioxide

SO_x

Sulphur oxides

TCDD

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Units

g

Gram

gTEQ 

Gram of toxic equivalent

kg

Kilogram

kt 

Kilotonne

Mt

Megatonne

t 

Tonne