Polluted Troposphere
Programme background
The research will provide improved models of air chemistry and pollution transport for the European region, and information that will help policy makers formulate cost-effective strategies to control air-pollution.
The research includes both field measurements and modelling studies.
The programme has three main themes.
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Quantifying the formation, dynamics and removal of particulate pollutants, including organic and inorganic aerosols and their precursors, both anthropogenic and natural.
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Understanding the atmospheric and chemical processes that regulate the concentrations of gaseous pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, ozone, peroxyacetyl nitrate, volatile organic carbons and other products of atmospheric photochemistry.
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Investigating the non-linear relationships between emissions of pollutants and their products in the atmospheric system. This will include chemical conversions, wet and dry deposition and vertical exchange of pollutants between the troposphere and boundary layer. Where relevant, the research will investigate how plumes of pollution interact with pollutants from transportation, industry, agricultural and natural sources that are already in the atmosphere.