Objetivo Despite its importance for human health and climate change organic aerosol (OA) remains one of the least understood aspects of atmospheric chemistry. We propose to develop an innovative new framework for the description of OA in chemical transport and climate models that will be able to overcome the challenges posed by the chemical complexity of OA while capturing its essential features.The objectives of ATMOPACS are: (i) The development of a new unified framework for the description of OA based on its two most important parameters: volatility and oxygen content. (ii) The development of measurement techniques for the volatility distribution and oxygen content distribution of OA. This will allow the experimental characterization of OA in this new “coordinate system”. (iii) The study of the major OA processes (partitioning, chemical aging, hygroscopicity, CCN formation, nucleation) in this new framework combining lab and field measurements. (iv) The development and evaluation of the next generation of regional and global CTMs using the above framework. (v) The quantification of the importance of the various sources and formation pathways of OA in Europe and the world, of the sensitivity of OA to emission control strategies, and its role in the direct and indirect effects of aerosols on climate.The proposed work involves a combination of laboratory measurements, field measurements including novel “atmospheric perturbation experiments”, OA model development, and modelling in urban, regional, and global scales. Therefore, it will span the system scales starting from the nanoscale to the global. The modelling tools that will be developed will be made available to all other research groups. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineeringnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programa(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) ERC-AG-PE10 - ERC Advanced Grant - Earth system science Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2010-AdG_20100224 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Institución de acogida IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS Aportación de la UE € 2 496 000,00 Dirección N PLASTIRA STR 100 70013 Irakleio Grecia Ver en el mapa Región Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ηράκλειο Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Investigador principal Spyridon Pandis (Prof.) Contacto administrativo Andreas Plagakis (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Beneficiarios (1) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS Grecia Aportación de la UE € 2 496 000,00 Dirección N PLASTIRA STR 100 70013 Irakleio Ver en el mapa Región Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Ηράκλειο Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Investigador principal Spyridon Pandis (Prof.) Contacto administrativo Andreas Plagakis (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos