Conference on transport, atmosphere and climate, Aachen, Germany

An international conference on transport, atmosphere and climate (TAC-2) will be held from 22 to 25 June in Aachen, Germany.

The scope of the conference covers all aspects of the impact of different modes of transport (e.g. aviation, road transport, shipping) on atmospheric chemistry, micro-physics, radiation and climate. More specifically, talks will address some of the following topics:
- engine emissions (gaseous and particulate);
- emission scenarios and emission data bases for transport;
- near-field and plume processes, effective emissions;
- transport impact on the chemical composition of the atmosphere;
- transport impact on aerosols;
- contrails, contrail cirrus, ship tracks;
- indirect cloud effects (e.g. aerosol-cloud interaction);
- radiative forcing;
- impact on climate;
- metrics for measuring climate change and damage;
- mitigation of transport impacts by technological changes in vehicles and engines (e.g. low-NOx (nitrogen oxide) engines, alternative fuels);
- mitigation of transport impacts by operational means (e.g. air traffic management, environmental flight and ship routing).

The largest part of the conference will take place in Aachen with a one-day session for policy makers and the media in Maastricht, Netherlands.For further information, please visit:
http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/tac/(opens in new window)