Mediterranean campaign of photochemical tracers-transport and chemical evolution

Objective

To develop further understanding of the meteorological and chemical evolution of ozone related trace gases in a typical Mediterranean coastal densely urbanised area (the Greater Athens Area).


The project includes both experimental and modelling work. It will address the following general research tasks, directly linked to the specific Mediterranean environment under study :

- study of the chemical and meteorological evolution of ozone related trace gases (over land and sea), modulated by the various synoptic and local meteorological conditions (sea/land breeze circulation, local winds inversion layers, etc.) and their influence on the North European atmospheric composition,
- quantification of background levels of ozone in the Mediterranean urban (semiurban) atmosphere,
- contribution to the improvement/evaluation of available mesoscale photochemical dispersion models and to the design of rational strategies to abate severe photochemical air pollution episodes in coastal urban/industrial Mediterranean areas.

This would be achieved through the conduction of a mesoscale field experiment (over land and sea), involving advanced remote sensing and in-situ analytical chemistry instrumentation, installed on ground based and airborne platforms. The combination of this technology will enable simultaneous measurements of the main ozone related air pollutants and meteorological parameters, over land and sea, with high spatial and temporal resolution.

It will also be possible to get a 3D description of the major mechanisms governing

a) the mesoscale wind flow and
b) the 3D dispersion, transport, exchange processes and chemical transformation of ozone related trace compounds in the planetary boundary layer and in the lower free troposphere (0-5 km).

The outpout dataset of this project will contribute to the evaluation of various mesoscale photochemical and dispersion models, presently available in Europe and elsewhere.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › analytical chemistry
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › air pollution engineering
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › environmental sciences › pollution
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › meteorology › troposphere

Programme(s)

• FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 0105 - Tropospheric physics and chemistry

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

Address

Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
54006 Thessalonki
Greece

Participants (12)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Route Des Gètines
92371 Verrieres-le-buisson

Elight Laser Systems GmbH

Germany

Address

Potsdammer Straße 10
14513 Teltow

FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Germany

Address

Kreuzeckbahnstrasse 19
82467 Garmisch-partenkirchen

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Germany

Address

Hohenbachernstraße 22
85354 Freising

Ministry of Environment

Greece

Address

147,patission
11251 Athens

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 'DEMOKRITOS'

Greece

Address

Terma Patriarchou Grigoriou
15310 Athens

NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Greece

Address

9,heroon Polytechniou 9
15780 Athens

National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

United Kingdom

Address

Queen's Road
TW11 0LW Teddington

Risø National Laboratory

Denmark

Address

399,frederiksborgvej 399
4000 Roskilde

Technological Institute of Piraeus

Greece

Address

250,petrou Ralli
12244 Athens

UPPSALA UNIVERSITY

Sweden

Address

6,villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala

University of Patras

Greece

Address

Kato Kastritsi
26110 Patras