Objective We will determine the air pollution distribution and change in and around hotspots over the last decade from extensive satellite and in-situ observations and we will employ a series of different scale models in order to analyze the impacts of air pollution hot spots on regional and global air quality including potential future changes for various climate scenarios. Focus is on ozone and particulate matter with chemical and physical characterization, and their precursors. The Eastern Mediterranean (Istanbul, Athens, Cairo), the Po Valley, the BeNeLux region, the Pearl River Delta in China (with megacities Guangzhou and Hong Kong) and the hot and polluted European summer 2003 are chosen for intensive case studies. The consortium includes groups from China, Turkey, Greece and Italy, in addition to France, Germany, UK and Norway, with experts on the observations, emission data and models. A set of chemical transport models which connect all the most important spatial and temporal scales will be developed and used to quantify how the observed air pollution arises. The models and emission inventories will be evaluated, errors identified and improved on the urban, regional and global spatial scales. Climate change may cause changes in air pollution in and around hotspots, and hotspot pollution can change precipitation and temperature/albedo. These feedbacks will be studied in scale-bridging model systems based on global climate model scenarios, and in a coupled high resolution chemistry-climate model. The model systems evaluated in the project will be applied to analyse mitigation options in and around hotpots, also taking into account climate change. Best available technologies and sectoral changes will be studied. Several partners have key roles in the technical underpinning of policy. They will ensure that the improved emission inventories, scale-bridging model systems and the systematic observational evidence will have a significant, broad and lasting impact. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologyengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineeringnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords Air Quality Climate change Megacities emission estimates multi-scale modelling observations Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2007.1.1.2.1. - Megacities, air quality and climate Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator METEOROLOGISK INSTITUTT EU contribution € 400 000,00 Address HENRIK MOHNS PLASS 1 0313 Oslo Norway See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Skaali Per Helmer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all PEKING UNIVERSITY China EU contribution € 120 000,00 Address The Summer Palace Road 5 100871 BEIJING See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yuan-Hang Zhang (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 175 000,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Julie Zittel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES - INERIS France EU contribution € 250 000,00 Address PARC TECHNOLOGIQUE ALATA 60550 Verneuil En Halatte See on map Region Hauts-de-France Picardie Oise Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Fabienne Mathieu-Gouteyron (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET BREMEN Germany EU contribution € 350 000,00 Address Bibliothekstrasse 1 28359 Bremen See on map Region Bremen Bremen Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Susanne Themm (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RHEINISCHES INSTITUT FUER UMWELT-FORSCHUNG AN DER UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN E.V. Germany EU contribution € 150 000,00 Address AACHENER STRASSE 209 50931 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hermann Jakobs (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH Germany EU contribution € 300 000,00 Address WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE 52428 Julich See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Düren Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Petra Insberg (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PANEPISTIMIO KRITIS Greece EU contribution € 200 000,00 Address UNIVERSITY CAMPUS GALLOS 74100 Rethimno See on map Region Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ρέθυμνο Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eva Michelidaki (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 225 000,00 Address PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Franco Prodi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STIFTELSEN NILU Norway EU contribution € 100 000,00 Address INSTITUTTVEIEN 18 2007 KJELLER See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Viken Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Heidi Fjeldstad (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITETET I OSLO Norway EU contribution € 150 000,00 Address PROBLEMVEIEN 5-7 0313 Oslo See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Petter Gøde Hovind (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Türkiye EU contribution € 120 000,00 Address DUMLUPINAR BULVARI 1 06800 Ankara See on map Region Batı Anadolu Ankara Ankara Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nilgün Nezihe Kubilay (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER United Kingdom EU contribution € 175 000,00 Address UNIVERSITY ROAD LE1 7RH Leicester See on map Region East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marie Singer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE Austria EU contribution € 100 000,00 Address Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg See on map Region Ostösterreich Niederösterreich Wiener Umland/Südteil Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Susan Riley (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ETHNIKO ASTEROSKOPEIO ATHINON Greece EU contribution € 75 000,00 Address LOFOS NYMFON 11810 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Sofia Chrisafi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CAIRO UNIVERSITY Egypt EU contribution € 25 000,00 Address AL ORMAN GUIZA 12613 GIZA See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ahmed Fahmy Yousef (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
