Present and retrospective state of organic versus inorganic aerosol over europe : implication for climate

Project Information

CARBOSOL

Grant agreement ID: EVK2-CT-2001-00113

Project closed

Start date 1 December 2001

End date 31 May 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Total cost € 1 734 318,00

EU contribution € 1 299 965,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
France

Objective

The project attempts to quantify the radiative impact of organic/inorganic aerosol in Europe since ~ AD 1850. Present-day aerosol composition is investigated at remote sites on a west-east transect including precipitation samples. Apart from inorganic species, specific analyses comprise elemental, particulate and secondary carbon fractions as well as organic tracers including 14C for fossil/biomass differentiation. The change of organic/inorganic aerosol load over Europe since the pre-industrial era will there be reconstructed from available Alpine ice cores via experimental air/snow relationship at the glacier sites. Model simulations and observed organic aerosol distributions are iteratively used to estimate natural versus anthropogenic (primary/secondary) source contributions at present and past. From that, past trends in radiative aerosol forcing due to change in load and composition are quantified with regional model simulations.

Fields of science

Not validated

• agricultural sciences › agricultural biotechnology › biomass

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue Molière 54, Université de Grenoble 1 ; 38402 SAINT-MARTIN-D'HERES ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (7)

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bundesstra¯e 55 ; 20146 HAMBURG
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bureau Drive 100 ; 20899 8370 GAYTHERSBURG
• Total cost: No data

NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 40,Gaustadalleen 30D ; 0313 OSLO
• Total cost: No data

RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 ; 69117 HEIDELBERG
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Campus de Santiago ; 3810-193 AVEIRO/EIXO
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF VESZPREM

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Egyetem u. 10 ; 8200 VESZPREM
• Total cost: No data

VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Austria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 38,Getreidemarkt 9/151 ; 1060 WIEN
• Total cost: No data