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 scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistryengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineeringnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologytroposphere 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 EU contribution No data Address Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 54006 THESSALONKI Greece See on map Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Route des Gètines 92371 VERRIERES-LE-BUISSON See on map Total cost No data Elight Laser Systems GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Potsdammer Straße 10 14513 Teltow See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Kreuzeckbahnstrasse 19 82467 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN See on map Total cost No data Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany EU contribution No data Address Hohenbachernstraße 22 85354 Freising See on map Total cost No data Ministry of Environment Greece EU contribution No data Address 147,Patission 11251 Athens See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 'DEMOKRITOS' Greece EU contribution No data Address Terma Patriarchou Grigoriou 15310 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address 9,Heroon Polytechniou 9 15780 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data National Physical Laboratory (NPL) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Queen's Road TW11 0LW Teddington See on map Total cost No data Risø National Laboratory Denmark EU contribution No data Address 399,Frederiksborgvej 399 4000 Roskilde See on map Total cost No data Technological Institute of Piraeus Greece EU contribution No data Address 250,Petrou Ralli 12244 Athens See on map Total cost No data UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution No data Address 6,Villavägen 16 752 36 UPPSALA See on map Total cost No data University of Patras Greece EU contribution No data Address Kato Kastritsi 26110 Patras See on map Total cost No data
