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User Guide on Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse
for DECISION MAKERS and USERS
version 3
September 2015
Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the Czech Republic and
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
RECETOX Report no. 529
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User Guide on Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse for Decision
Makers and Users
version 3
Šebková, K., Gregor, J., Hůlek, R., Borůvková, J., Kalina, J., Šalko, M., Novák, R., Klánová, J.
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment
and Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the Czech Republic
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
September 2015
RECETOX Report no. 529
Citation: Šebková, K., Gregor, J., Hůlek, R., Borůvková, J., Kalina, J., Šalko, M., Novák, R., Klánová, J.:
User Guide on Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse for Decision Makers and Users, training
material, version 3, Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the Czech Republic, Research Centre
for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic,
RECETOX report no. 529, September 2015, 24 pages.
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Contents
User Guide on Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse for DECISION MAKERS and USERS ............. 1
User Guide on Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse for Decision Makers and Users.................. 1
Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse in brief ........................................................................... 6
Why to use the electronic visualization tools for environmental data? ............................................. 7
Content of the GMP DWH Data Visualization ...................................................................................... 8
Creating a map for UN region/country and chemical .......................................................................... 9
Exploring availability of data for a particular chemical and country ................................................. 13
Looking at POPs concentrations ........................................................................................................ 15
Chasing Time Trends .......................................................................................................................... 18
Exporting Summary Information ....................................................................................................... 23
Acknowledgements
Authors of this document would like to acknowledge support in preparation of this training
material by the Small Grant Project provided for by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and
Stockholm Conventions as well as the contribution of the RECETOX research infrastructure
through its GENASIS core unit whose expertise is supported by the projects of the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (LM2011028) and (LO1214).
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Abbreviations
AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
COP Conference of the Parties (to a Convention)
DDD Metabolite of DDT
DDE Metabolite of DDT
DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
dl‐PCB Dioxin‐like PCBs
ECD Electron capture detector
EMEP Co‐operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long‐Range
Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GAPS Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling Survey
GC Gas chromatography
GCG Global Coordination Group for the Global Monitoring Plan
GEF Global Environment Facility
GENASIS Global Environmental Assessment Information System
GMP Global Monitoring Plan
GMP DWH Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse
HBB Hexabromobiphenyl
HCB Hexachlorobenzene
HCHs Hexachlorocyclohexanes
HPLC High performance liquid chromatography
HRMS High resolution mass spectrometer
LOD Limit of detection
LOQ Limit of quantification
LRMS Low resolution mass spectrometer
LRTAP Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention (UNECE)
MS Mass selective detector
ND Not detected
NGOs Non‐governmental organizations
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OC Organochlorine
OCP Organochlorine pesticide
PBDEs Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls
PCDD Polychlorinated dibenzo‐p‐dioxins
PCDF Polychlorinated dibenzofurans
PCP Pentachlorophenol
PFOS Perfluorooctane sulfonate
POPs Persistent organic pollutants
PUF Polyurethane foam
QA/QC Quality assurance and quality control regimes
RECETOX Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment
ROGs Regional organization groups for the Global Monitoring Plan
SOP Standard operating procedure
TEF Toxic equivalency factor
TEQ Toxicity equivalents
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
WHO World Health Organisation
XAD Styrene/divinylbenzene‐co‐polymer resin
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Introduction
This training document aims at providing useful information for users of the Global Monitoring
Plan Data Warehouse and in particular for the decision makers. Objective of this document is to
provide an oversight on how to best benefit of the visualization tools embedded in the Global
Monitoring Plan electronic tool and in particular in its Data Visualization.
The document strives to briefly explain the background of the Global Monitoring Plan Data
Warehouse and then looks in detail into its parts, such as where to find particular types of
information and how to create and use maps with POP levels, charts and summary tables for a
subsequent use in reports, policies and strategies.
In addition, several examples are shown for inspiration to decision makers on how to work with
the national information further – either when setting up national strategies or evaluating
efficiency of measures already set.
Further, the User guide for decision makers is a fourth in the set of four training materials
prepared to support use of the Global Monitoring Plan electronic tool. The additional documents
are Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse (GMP DWH) Overview, Tools in the GMP DWH, and
User guide for data providers.
Moreover, the authors of this training document would like to bring attention to additional short
complementary document – GMP DWH Factsheet for users ‐ providing a summary for the work
with the visualization tools, showing a step‐by‐step procedures as well as providing a hint if there
are any difficulties. We believe that both the training document and the factsheet would serve as
useful companions when working with the GMP Data Warehouse Visualization.
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Global Monitoring Plan Data Warehouse in brief
What is it?
Global Monitoring Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention
(GMP DWH) is an online tool developed for handling, storage, approval and visualization of POPs
monitoring data generated in the frame of the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) worldwide on the
basis of the decision by the COP SC‐6/23. The tool comprises two main parts ‐ data repository and
visualization portal. In addition, tools for statistical processing and analyses as well as presentation
modules and export tools are available to users.
Scope and content
GMP DWH compiles, archives and shows aggregated global data on POPs listed in the Stockholm
Convention including supplementary data, from core matrices ‐ ambient air, human tissues ‐
breast milk and blood, and water. The aim is to identify changes in POP levels over time and
trends, where available.
At present, it contains information collected in the framework of the Global Monitoring Plan by
international and national monitoring programmes for air, by international surveys for milk and by
research cruises for water. All data contained in the GMP DWH are validated and approved by the
regional organization groups of the five UN regions. These data are presented also in the regional
monitoring reports.
Access
The electronic tool ‐ GMP DWH ‐ is publicly accessible, online via Internet. Standard web browsers
are to be used (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome) and their most recent versions
are recommended.
www.pops‐gmp.org
Who is responsible for GMP DWH?
The GMP DWH was has been developed by the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the
Czech Republic through the Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment and the
Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, under the
guidance of the GMP Global Coordination Group, and Secretariat of the Stockholm convention
mandated by the decision SC‐6/23 in line with Chapter 6 of the Guidance on the Global Monitoring
Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (the most recent version is found in
UNEP/POPS/COP.7/INF/39).
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Why to use the electronic visualization tools for environmental data?
The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants has been collecting information on
occurrence of POPs and their levels in the environment for over a decade. However, the first
review of the information published in the first round of GMP regional monitoring reports
published in 2008, have revealed significant discrepancies in data quality, scope, volumes and also
in interpretation and use. Despite the fact that these reports were prepared by experts, difference
in operating procedures under established monitoring programs and lack of guidance on how to
present and report information led to significant losses of reported data.
In addition, the information was published in .pdf format and it was difficult to work with despite
the fact that such reports contained extremely valuable information. Using reports, pdf files or
excel sheets are not the most sophisticated tools in the 21 century to work with large volumes of
data. Furthermore, users are not able to look simultaneously at the same information across the
globe.
The critical review of the content of the first reports suggested that user friendly electronic
reporting format to maximize use of available data as well as the effective information
dissemination – not just for the needs of the Stockholm Convention, but also for the use of
individual governments, data providers, funding institutions, industry and other relevant
stakeholders including World Health Organization and other international organizations.
Incentives of using the electronic tools for reporting and visualization are the following:
users of such electronic tools are able to benefit more fully from the potential of and
information in data collected (by using tools embedded in the electronic data repository)
electronic visualization tools enhance visibility of the work done and that is also valid for
institutions carrying the work or providing funding support.
electronic tools offer more options for data analyses and provide also technical support
including secured data repository and sophisticated presentation and export tools
information is accessible online, access is not limited to one computer, office, institution,
or country.
electronic tools can also accommodate multiple users at the same time. and, last but not least, harmonized structure of archiving and presentation also increases
data comparability and use.
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Content of the GMP DWH Data Visualization
The following visualization tools are comprised in the GMP DWH:
spatial distribution (monitoring overview in the map)
data availability (sampling frequency ‐ compounds and sampling frequency ‐ years)