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The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998
ANNEX A

Symbols
The following symbols have been used throughout the publication
SymbolMeaningSymbolMeaning
..not availablellitre
-nil or negligibleMlmegalitre
(less than 1/2 the final digit shown)Ml/dmegalitre per day
nsnot sampledl/hd/dlitres per head per day
ndnot detectedmg/lmilligrams per litre
nanot analysedmg/lOmilligrams per litre of oxygen
mg/lNmilligrams per litre of nitrogen
<less thanGwGiga watt
>greater thanGwhGiga watt hour
less than or equal toppbparts per billion
greater than or equal topHmeasure of acidity/alkalinity
(percentage hydrogen ions)
%per centKeq H+kilo equivalent of hydrogen
GMTGreenwich Mean Time
(000)thousands0Cdegrees celsius
£(000)thousand pounds
£mmillion pounds
mmmillimetrebcmbillion cubic metres
mmetrebcfbillion cubic feet
m2square metres
m3cubic metreOoxygen
m3/seccubic metres per secondNnitrogen
NO2nitrogen dioxide
kmkilometreSO2sulphur dioxide
km2 or sqkmsquare kilometre
hahectaremSvmillisievert
Bqm-3bequerels per cubic metre
mgmilligram
ggram
kgkilogram
µgm-3microgrammes per cubic metre
ngm-3nanogrammes per cubic metre

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