Air Quality at the Urban-Rural Interface

Información del proyecto

AQURI

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 701550

DOI

10.3030/701550

Proyecto finalizado el 29 Diciembre 2016

Fecha de la firma de la CE 8 Febrero 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Febrero 2017

Fecha de finalización 31 Enero 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 180 277,20

Aportación de la UE

€ 180 277,20

Coordinado por

CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA
Italy

Objetivo

AQURI
Poor air quality (AQ) is of major concern to policy makers and public alike, but is proving impervious to current mitigation efforts. In many areas, the dominant source of air pollution is the formation of secondary pollutants (ozone and aerosol) from the atmospheric reactions of volatile organic compounds, over 90% of which are biogenic in origin. Yet few atmospheric chemistry models currently used to simulate AQ include dynamic representations of interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere. Furthermore, elevated ozone concentrations damage vegetation, reducing productivity and altering emissions of biogenic ozone precursors. This project will address these critical omissions, developing a ground-breaking model of the exchange of trace gases and particles between forest canopies and the atmosphere that can be used to improve the performance of AQ models. The model will be applied to determine the effects of peri-urban forests on urban AQ and vice versa.
Trans-disciplinary research in plant ecophysiology and atmospheric science at key experimental sites based in a peri-urban forest in central Italy and in a boreal forest in Finland will fulfill the specific scientific objectives:
- Acquire and apply advanced micrometeorological techniques to improve understanding of forest-atmosphere exchange of trace gases and particles;
- Develop a state-of-the-science model of the processes involved in these interactions, improving current parameterisations of deposition and uptake of air pollutants through plant stomata and introducing the effects of ozone damage to vegetation;
- Quantify the effects of future change on urban and peri-urban AQ, and the resulting impact on the productivity of peri-urban forests;
- Derive parameterisations of the key processes suitable for inclusion in regional AQ models.
The resultant cutting-edge model will drive future research into the interactions of the land-atmosphere-AQ system and inform future policy.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › ciencias químicas › química orgánica › compuestos orgánicos volátiles
• ciencias sociales › economía y empresa › ciencia económica › economía de la producción › productividad
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias de la atmósfera › meteorología › biosfera
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › ingeniería de la contaminación atmosférica
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias ambientales › contaminación

Palabras clave

• Air quality
• Forest ecosystems
• Atmospheric chemistry modelling
• Biogenic emissions
• Ozone
• Aerosols
• Biosphere-atmosphere exchange
• Micrometeorological measurements
• Atmospheric measurements

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Coordinador

CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 180 277,20
• Dirección: via della navicella 2-4 ; 00184 ROMA ; Italia
• Región: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Tipo de actividad: Research Organisations
• Coste total: € 180 277,20