Abbreviations

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Abbreviations
A
accum.
accumulated
ADA
Administração de Aeroportos (Administration of Airports Limited)
approx.
approximately
AQI
Air Quality Index
As
Arsenic
C
CCA
Conselho Consultivo do Ambiente (Advisory Council on the Environment)
Cd
Cadmium
CEM
Companhia de Electricidade de Macau - CEM, S.A. (Macau Electricity
Company Limited)
CH4
Methane
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora
CO
Carbon monoxide
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CPSP
Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública (Public Security Police Force)
CPTTM
Centro de Produtividade e de Transferência de Tecnologia de Macau
(Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center)
Cr
Chromium
Cu
Copper
D
dB
Decibel, sound level
DPSIR
Driving force – Pressure – State – Impact – Response
DSAMA
Direcção dos Serviços de Assuntos Marítimos e de Á gua (Marine and
Water Bureau)
DSAT
Direcção dos Serviços para os Assuntos de Tráfego (Transport Bureau)
DSCC
Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (Cartography and
Cadastre Bureau)
DSE
Direcção dos Serviços de Economia (Macao Economic Services)
DSEC
Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos (Statistics and Census
Bureau)
DSEJ
Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude (Education and Youth
Affairs Bureau)
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DSF
Direcção dos Serviços de Finanças (Financial Services Bureau)
DSPA
Direcção dos Serviços de Protecção Ambiental (Environmental Protection
Bureau)
DSRJDI
Direcção dos Serviços da Reforma Jurídica e do Direito Internacion
al (Law Reform and International Law Bureau)
DSSOPT
Direcção dos Serviços de Solos, Obras Públicas e Transportes (Land,
Public Works and Transport Bureau)
DST
Direcção dos Serviços de Turismo (Macao Government Tourism Office)
E
EEA
European Environment Agency
EMEP
Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Protection Programme
EPP
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
G
GB
Guobiao (Chinese National Standard)
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GDSE
Gabinete para o Desenvolvimento do Sector Energético (Office for the
Development of the Energy Sector)
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
H
Hg
Mercury
HKD
Hong Kong Dollar
HKTB
Hong Kong Tourism Board
I
IACM
Instituto para os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais (Civic and Municipal
Affairs Bureau)
IPIM
Instituto de Promoção do Comércio e do Investimento de Macau (Macao
Trade and Investment Promotion Institute)
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
K
kg
kilogram
kWh
kilowatt hour
L
L
liter
L10
The noise level exceeded during 10% of the monitoring period,
representing a rather high-intensity noise level during that period
L90
The noise level exceeded during 90% of the monitoring period,
representing a relatively low-intensity noise level during that period
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Leq
Equivalent Continuous Sound Pressure Level (Leq)
LSP
Public Health Laboratory
M
Macao SAR
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region
Government
mg
milligram
MIECF
Macao International Environmental Cooperation Forum & Exhibition
MOP
Macao Pataca
N
N2O
Nitrous oxide
NH3
Ammonia
Ni
Nickel
NMVOC
Non-methane volatile organic compounds
NO2
Nitrogen dioxide
NOx
Nitrogen oxides
NTD
New Taiwan Dollar
O
O3
Ozone
P
Pb
Lead
PM10
Respirable suspended particulate with diameter less than 10μm
PM2.5
Fine suspended particulate with diameter less than 2.5μm
ppl
people
PRD
Pearl River Delta
PSP
Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública (Public Security Police Force)
R
RADARM
Regulation of Water and Wastewater Drainage of Macao
S
SA
Serviços de Alfândega (Macao Customs Service)
SAAM
Sociedade de Abastecimento de água de Macau (Macao Water Supply
Company Limited)
SAFP
Direcção dos Serviços de Administração e Função Pública (Public
Administration and Civil Service Bureau)
Se
Selenium
SMG
Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofísicos (Meteorological and Geophysical
Bureau)
SO2
Sulphur dioxide
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SOx
Sulphur oxides
SS
Serviços de Saúde ( Health Bureau )
T
TIP
Transborder Industrial Park
TJ
Terajoule
TSP
Total suspended particulates
U
UN
United Nations
USEPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
W
WWTP
wastewater treatment plants
WWTS
wastewater treatment stations
Z
Zn
Zinc
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