Delivery of aerosol products for assimilation and environmental use

Objective

Atmospheric aerosols affect human health, continental and marine ecosystems, visibility, and the Earth's climate, requiring dedicated monitoring of their properties. DAEDALUS is a focused project to make an inventory of existing data relevant to aerosol monitoring, assess the users' needs at the European level interims of troposphere and stratospheric aerosol properties, evaluate the scientific, technical, and institutional efforts needed to meet the users' needs, match the available aerosol data products with the information needed by the group of users, and improve methodologies for making optimal use of satellite data and for assimilating aerosol data in transport models. DAEDALUS will provide the necessary impetus for designing long-term sustainable and fully operational European monitoring of aerosol properties at regional and global scales over sea and over land, as foreseen in GMES.

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

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

Address

Uer De Physique Fondamentale Université De Lille
59655 Villeneuve D'ascq
France

Participants (7)

BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY

Belgium

Address

3,Ringlaan 3
1180 Bruxelles

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Italy

Address

Via Enrico Fermi 1
21020 Barasso

NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO

Netherlands

Address

63,Oude Waalsdorperweg 63
2509 JG Den Haag ('S-gravenhage)

NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH

Norway

Address

Instituttveien 18
2027 Kjeller

ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Netherlands

Address

10,Wilhelminalaan 10
3730 AE De Bilt

UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA

Portugal

Address

Rua Romao Ramalho 59
7000-671 Evora

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF LILLE

France

Address

Bètiment P5
59655 Villeneuve D'ascq