Objectif
The MEGAPOLI project brings together leading European research groups, state-of-the-art scientific tools and key players from third countries to investigate the interactions among megacities, air quality and climate. MEGAPOLI will bridge the spatial and temporal scales that connect local emissions, air quality and weather with global atmospheric chemistry and climate. The main objectives are: (i) to assess impacts of megacities and large air-pollution hot-spots on local, regional and global air quality, (ii) to quantify feedbacks among megacity air quality, local and regional climate, and global climate change, (iii) to develop improved integrated tools for prediction of air pollution in megacities. In order to achieve these objectives we will: - Develop and evaluate integrated methods to improve megacity emission data; - Investigate physical and chemical processes starting from the megacity street level, continuing to the city, regional and global scales; - Assess regional and global air quality impacts of megacity plumes; - Determine the main mechanisms of regional meteorology/climate forcing due to megacity plumes; - Assess global megacity pollutant forcing on climate; - Examine feedback mechanisms including effects of climate change on megacity air quality; - Develop integrated tools for prediction of megacity air quality; - Evaluate these integrated tools and use them in case studies; - Develop a methodology to estimate the impacts of different scenarios of megacity development on human health and climate change; - Propose and assess mitigation options to reduce the impacts of megacity emissions. We will follow a pyramid strategy of undertaking detailed measurements in one European major city, Paris, performing detailed analysis for 12 megacities with existing air quality datasets and investigate the effects of all megacities on climate. The results will be disseminated to authorities, policy community, researchers and the other megacity stakeholders.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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Appel à propositions
FP7-ENV-2007-1
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CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research projectCoordinateur
2100 KOBENHAVN
Danemark
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Participants (22)
70013 Irakleio
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80539 Munchen
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20159 Milano
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546 36 THESSALONIKI
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75794 Paris
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00560 Helsinki
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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75007 Paris
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WC2R 2LS London
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5007 Bergen
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2027 Kjeller
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5232 Villigen Psi
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2595 DA Den Haag
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EX1 3PB Exeter
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20148 HAMBURG
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00014 Helsingin Yliopisto
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AL10 9AB Hatfield
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70174 Stuttgart
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1202 GENEVA 2
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116 36 Praha 1
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04318 Leipzig
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CB2 1TN Cambridge
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