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Information - AW6.1 Environmental Meteorology - Meteorology and Atmospheric Pollution: from the urban to meso/regional scale
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The atmosphere is a formidable vector and processor of all natural and anthropogenic gaseous and particulate constituents as part of biogeochemical cycles. Meteorological processes and systems determine for a great part the fate of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere. Thus, all atmospheric scales from local to meso-, synoptic and global scales will disperse, mix, transport and deposit pollutants. Environmental meteorology addresses the relationships and interactions between, on the one hand, meteorological processes and variability, and on the other hand, the chemical state of and processes in the atmosphere behind air quality.
Understanding, monitoring and predicting the state of the atmospheric environment requires improved approaches based on all available measuring techniques: ground-based, remote sensing, airborne and satellite-borne, while simulations and forecasts require advanced data-assimilation techniques to take full advantage of all the various measurements. More and more, Earth Observation (EO) technologies are powerful tools for monitoring the state of the planet and the global impact of human activities.
The session on Environmental Meteorology is divided into 2 sub-sessions to cope with the different scales of applications:
1) Meteorology and Atmospheric Pollution: from the urban to meso/regional scale
2) Global Environmental Monitoring and Forecasting (including GMES related issues)
Examples of possible topics for sub-session 1 are:
· Studies on meteorological processes affecting atmospheric transport, transformation and deposition of pollutants;
· Atmospheric chemistry and processes involved in the cycle of species in the atmosphere;
· Air quality modelling, incl. integrated systems for air quality and population exposure forecasting and developing mitigation strategies of atmospheric pollution
· Theoretical and experimental work to understand urban processes and feed backs with larger scale processes/circulations;
· Urban meteorology: Forecasting urban weather, airflow above and within city canopies (urban winds and turbulence), urban circulation systems (incl. urban heat islands) and short-distance dispersion modelling over urban/heterogeneous conditions;
· Development and analysis of monitoring networks for atmospheric pollutants;
· Contribution of emissions/concentrations from conurbations to the regional and global loading;
· Urban/pollution impacts on the water balance (surface moisture, dew, evaporation, fog, precipitation) and regional climate;
· Nuclear/biological emergency responses.
This sub-session will be also a dissemination forum for the COST-728 and 732 Actions, the EU FP6 Network of Excellence ACCENT.
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