Objective
MACC-III is the last of the pre-operational stages in the development of the Copernicus Atmosphere Service. Its overall institutional objective is to function as the bridge between the developmental precursor projects - GEMS, PROMOTE, MACC and MACC-II- and the Atmosphere Service envisaged to form part of Copernicus Operations.
MACC-III will provide continuity of the atmospheric services provided by MACC-II. Its continued provision of coherent atmospheric data and information, either directly or via value-adding downstream services, is for the benefit of European citizens and helps meet global needs as a key European contribution to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the encompassing Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). Its services cover in particular: air quality, climate forcing, stratospheric ozone, UV radiation and solar-energy resources.
MACC-III’s services are freely and openly available to users throughout Europe and in the world. MACC-III and its downstream service sector will enable European citizens at home and abroad to benefit from improved warning, advisory and general information services and from improved formulation and implementation of regulatory policy. MACC-III, together with its scientific-user sector, also helps to improve the provision of science-based information for policy-makers and for decision-making at all levels. The most significant economic benefit by far identified in the ESA-sponsored Socio-Economic Benefits Analysis of Copernicus report published in July 2006 was the long-term benefit from international policy on climate change. Long-term benefit from air quality information ranked second among all Copernicus benefits in terms of present value. Immediate benefits can be achieved through efficiency gains in relation to current policies. The estimated benefits substantially outweigh the costs of developing and operating the proposed services.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
RG2 9AX Reading
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Participants (38)
10679 Athens
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28040 Madrid
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75272 Paris
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75272 Paris
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546 36 THESSALONIKI
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1180 Bruxelles / Brussel
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75015 PARIS 15
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CB2 1SJ CAMBRIDGE
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31057 Toulouse Cedex
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75794 Paris
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94010 Creteil
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31062 Toulouse Cedex 9
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51147 Koln
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63067 Offenbach Am Main
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1090 Wien
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00560 Helsinki
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1749 077 Lisboa
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60550 Verneuil En Halatte
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28359 Bremen
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52428 Julich
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WC2R 2LS London
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3731 GA De Bilt
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0313 Oslo
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94165 Saint Mande Cedex
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80539 Munchen
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2027 Kjeller
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H91 Galway
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50931 Koln
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601 76 NORRKOEPING
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3526 KV Utrecht
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2595 DA Den Haag
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04109 Leipzig
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LE1 7RH Leicester
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LS2 9JT Leeds
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75006 Paris
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RG6 6AH Reading
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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