AIR-QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF B RANDENBURG

After the constitution of the ''New Lander'' in the former GDR in the state of Brandenburg no air quality data from the beginning of systema tic monitoring were available. As a consequence of new orientation or disbandment of supervising institutions a loss of the regionally colle cted data had to be feared. Therefore a program for the systematic reg istration and evaluation of all available data according to the regula tions actually in force in the FRG was realised in the Brandenburg Sta te Office for Environment. Subject matter of this paper is a general r eview of the development of air pollution concentration levels in the state of Brandenburg since 1975 and a short outlook to the end of the decennium. The closing remarks deal with the rapid improvements of the air quality situation since 1990.