Transcript University of Athens` contribution Contact: Professor Costas Helmis

A European Network for an Environmentally
Compatible Air Transport System (ECATS)
Airports affect strongly local air quality. Aviation emits pollutants at atmospheric
layers characterized by low concentrations and large residence times. Moreover,
aviation produces clouds (condensation trails) and affects natural clouds.
Three Thematic Areas of interest are defined in the frame of ECATS:
(1) Airport Air Quality, (2) Engine Emissions & (3) Green flights and scenarios
University of Athens’ contribution
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Interpret and study data derived from the ECATS airport campaigns
Use ECATS data for modeling purposes, incl. model improvements and coupling
Study the effect of aviation on cirrus coverage, conduct capability Gap Analysis
Disseminate capabilities and expertise of ECATS partners related to AAQ
monitoring and modeling and knowledge of the airport operators’ needs
Contact: Professor Costas Helmis
[email protected]
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Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics - AUTH
LAP-AUTH
Research activities
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Remote sensing of atmospheric composition
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Regional air quality predictions
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Global climate changes (data analysis and simulations)
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Ozone and solar UV radiation monitoring
Contact details:
Head, Prof. Alkiviadis Bais
e-mail: [email protected]
http://lap.physics.auth.gr
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT
LABORATORY OF HEAT TRANSFER
AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Professor Nicolas Moussiopoulos
• Air pollution
abatement technology
- Increased aircraft fuel efficiency
- Innovative photocatalytic coatings
- Liquid hydrogen as aircraft fuel
• Air quality assessment
- Integrated assessment of control strategies
- Spatial air quality assessment methodology
- External cost estimates related to air pollution
• Advanced air pollution modelling
- Aerosol direct effect on urban meteorology
- Multiscale models to assess megacity impacts
- Transport particulate emissions & health
More details: http://aix.meng.auth.gr
AUTh/
LHTEE
Heat exchanger taking advantage of
the excess flue gas enthalpy
Pollutant dispersion in the
urban environment
The MEGAPOLI project (2008-2011)
IHU
Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric
POLlution and climate effects, and Integrated tools for assessment
and mitigation
“Brings together over 20 partners specializing
in urban air quality and population exposure
forecast and control, regional and global
atmospheric pollution, and meteorological
and climate research”
Main objectives:
To assess impacts of megacities and large
air-pollution hot-spots on local, regional
and global air quality
To quantify feedbacks among megacity
air quality, local and regional climate,
and global climate change
To develop improved integrated tools
for prediction of air pollution in
megacities.
http://megapoli.dmi.dk/
In collaboration with
the WMO/GAW
GURME project,
with major US
components
University of Patras &
Inst. of Chemical Engineering (ICE/FORTH)
(Group Leader: Spyros Pandis)
 Air Quality Engineering
 Laboratory and field measurements
 Chemical transport modeling
 Climate Change
 Development of coupled General Circulation-
Chemical Transport Models
 Effects of particulate matter on climate (direct
and indirect effects)
 Air Quality-Climate Interactions
University
of
Patras
Contact: [email protected]
PEGASOS
Pan-European
Gas-Aerosol Climate Interactions Study
FP7 Large Scale (12 M€) Integrated Project (25 Groups16 Countries) led by ICE-FORTH in Patras (2011-2015)
PEGASOS will:
• Quantify the magnitude of regional to global feedbacks
between atmospheric chemistry and a changing climate.
• Identify mitigation strategies and policies to improve air
quality in Europe while limiting their impact on climate
change.
Understanding atmospheric chemistry and climate changes
due to human activities, natural variability and feedback
mechanisms.
Focii: Global and Regional (Europe/Mediterranean)
Observations
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory
Modeling
Euripides Stephanou
organic environmental
chemistry
Atmospheric and sea-water
observations
3-D global (zoom)/
Regional /box
modelling
Nikos Mihalopoulos
Maria Kanakidou
Spyros Pergantis
http://ecpl.chemistry.uoc.gr/kanakidou
Analytical chemistry
Heavy metals
http://finokalia.chemistry.uoc.gr
http://ecpl.chemistry.uoc.gr http://www.chemistry.uoc.gr
PM10 variability and chemical composition
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Measurements
TM4
Heraklion, Greece
PM10 (μg\m3)
150
100
15
50
0
2001
100
80
μg\m3
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Chemistry Dep.
Univ of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
http://ecpl.chemistry.uoc.gr
Maria Kanakidou
[email protected]
TM4-ECPL global
model vs
observations
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
TM4, Heraklion, Greece
PMtotal
Sea Salt
Dust
60
1
40
20
0
2002
•TM4-ECPL
•Global (zoom)
• WRF-CHEM/ CMAQ
Regional
•Box Modelling
2003
SO4
OC+EC
http://ecpl.chemistry.uoc.gr/k
anakidou/Kanakidou/publicati
ons.htm
2004
2005
2006
IHU
Possible next steps
• Coordinate exchanges of scientists.
• Interlink networks.
• Define collaborative research with the
participation of Greek and US groups.
• Involve US instructors in Master programs
offered in Greece.
• Setup a task force to do all this, starting with
an inventory of active groups.
• Expand to other areas.
Let’s take off …
Thank you for your attention!
Source: Stadt Stuttgart / www.lfu.baden-wuerttemberg.