EUROTRAC-2
(A EUREKA Environmental Project)

  
SATURN
  

Studying Atmospheric Pollution in Urban Areas
  
Annual Report 2001
  
 
  

Subproject Coordinator Nicolas Moussiopoulos, Thessaloniki (GR) Subproject Executive Group Carlos Borrego, Aveiro (P), Deputy Coordinator (also responsible for QA/QC) Giovanni Graziani, Joint Research Centre (I), Deputy Coordinator Dick van den Hout, Apeldoorn (NL), Deputy Coordinator Finn Palmgren, Roskilde (DK), Deputy Coordinator Michael Schatzmann, Hamburg (D), Deputy Coordinator Scientific Secretary Petroula Louka, Thessaloniki (GR)

Contents

1. Report on the work of the subproject [PDF]
1. Summary
2. Aims of work in the reporting period
3. Activities in the reporting period
4. Principal results
5. Main conclusions
6. Policy-relevant results
7. Aims for the coming year
       
2. Publications [PDF]
1. Refereed literature
2. Other literature
3. Theses
       
3. Reports from the principal investigators
 
• L. Gidhagen, C. Johansson, A. Kristensson, E.Swietlicki
  Model Simulation of Ultrafine Particles inside a Road Tunnel [PDF]
   
• F. Palmgren, P.Wahlin, R. Berkowicz
  Car Fleet Emissions of Particles and other Pollutants Estimated from Urban Air Quality Measurements [PDF]
   
• S. Despiau, D. Croci
  Physico-chemical Characterisation of Aerosol particles in Urban Zone (II) [PDF]
   
• L. Luhana, R.S. Sokhi
  Interpretation of the Results of the Chemical Characterisation of Size Fractionated Particulate Matter Collected at a Semi rural site in the UK [PDF]
   
• L. Bozó
  Source Origin of Fine Aerosol Particles in Budapest [PDF]
   
• E. Savory, A. Robins
  Modelling of Street Canyon and Building Flow Regimes [PDF]
   
• F. Pascheke, B. Leitl, M. Schatzmann
  Wind Tunnel Experiments in the Framework of SATURN [PDF]
   
• P. Louka, I. Douros, C. Simonidis, A. Arvanitis, N. Moussiopoulos
  
Development and evaluation of a Zooming air pollution model for European Urban Studies (ZEUS) [PDF]
 
• V. Assimakopoulos, A. Mediavilla-Sahagun, T.Gonzales, F Farias, R. Colvile, H. M ApSimon
  Source Apportionment Project, SAP [PDF]
   
• H. Schlünzen, D. Grawe, A. Trukenmüller
  M-SYS - A Model System for Evaluating Air Quality in Different Detail [PDF]
   
• J. Pospisil, J. Katolicky, M. Jícha
  Air quality in urban areas: Traffic induced pollutants concentration and dispersion [PDF]
   
• R. Colvile, T. Bentham, A. Robins
  Microscale Urban Dispersion: road-user exposure assessment [PDF]
   
• J. Kukkonen, A. Karppinen, M. Pohjola, J. Härkönen, L. Wallenius, P. Aarnio, T. Koskentalo, A. Kousa
  Modelling of Particulate Matter and the Exposure of Population to Air Pollution in Urban Areas [PDF]
   
• O. Hertel, S. S. Jensen, R. Berkowicz, J. Brandt, J. Christensen
  
Modelling Concentrations of and Human Exposure to Air Pollution in Danish Cities [PDF]
 
• B. Calpini, A. Martilli, A. Clapier
  Air quality in urban areas: modelling with variable grids [PDF]
   
• G. Finzi, G. Brusasca, P. Buttini, E. Decanini, V. Gabusi, F. Giavazzi, C. Pertot, G. Pirovano, F. P. Mattiot, E. Rebesco, M. Riva, C. Silibello, M. Volta
  
A Comprehensive Modelling System for Photochemical Pollution Control in Metropolitan areas [PDF]
 
• E. Genikhovich, A. Ziv, E. Iakovleva, F. Palmgren, R. Berkowicz
  Study of Air Pollution in St. Petersburg Area [PDF]
   
• G. Smiatek
  
Mapping Roughness Length in Urban and Suburban Areas using ERS Interferometric SAR Data [PDF]
 
• I. Colbeck
  Physico-chemical Investigations of Urban Aerosols [PDF]
   
• M.G. Sosonkin, Î.B. Blum, W.A. Dyachuk, A.V. Shavrina, A.A. Veles.
  Surface ozone in the Kiev city, factors and conditions of its formation, sources and sinks [PDF]
   
• P.G. Mestayer, J-M. Rosant, I. Calmet,N. Long, Y. Lorin, D. Gaudin
  UBL/CLU-Escompte, a validation experiment for urban scale models [PDF]
  
  
• J. Levitin
  Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone Concentrations and Statistical Modelling of Maximum NOx Concentrations in the Tel Aviv Area [PDF]
   
• R. A. Almbauer, D. Oettl, P. J. Sturm, E.Negrenti
  ISHTAR: Integrated Software for Health, Transport Efficiency and Artistic Heritage Recovery [PDF]
   
• K. Karatzas, T. Bassoukos, A. Kaprara, A. Massouras, T. Slini, L. Kalognomou, N. Moussiopoulos
  Integrated urban environmental management and information systems (IUEMIS) [PDF]
   
• C. Borrego, A.I. Miranda, O. Tchepel, A.M. Costa, J. Amorim and S. Magalhaes
  Development of an integrated air quality management system for urban areas [PDF]
   
• J. M. Baldasano, S. Gassó
  Development of an Upgrade Urban Source Emission Model for Atmospheric Pollutants [PDF]
   
• C. Mensink, K. De Ridder, N. Lewyckyj, F. Lefebre, L. Janssen, J. Cornelis, S. Adriaensen, M. Ruts
  Assessment of benzene emissions and concentrations in the City of Antwerp using the urban air quality model AURORA [PDF]
   
• S. Larssen, T. Bøhler, R. Odegard,  H. Laupsa
  Development and demonstration of an Air Quality Information System (the AirQUIS System) [PDF]
   
• D. Oettl, P. J. Sturm, R. A. Almbauer
  Dispersion modeling of pollutants released from road tunnel portals [PDF]
   
• U. Schlink, S. John, O. Herbarth
  
Transfer-Function Models Predicting Ozone in Urban Air [PDF]
 
• R. San José, J. L. Pérez, I. Salas, R. M. González
  
OPANA air quality forecasts by using new Internet and mobile communication technologies [PDF]
 
• S. Galmarini, V.H. Peuch
  Evaluation and Inter-comparison of mesoscale models on the ESCOMPTE pre-campaign (Summer 2000): Atmospheric flow simulation and passive tracer dispersion [PDF]
   
4. SATURN actors [PDF]
1. Subproject coordinator
2. Deputy coordinators
3. Steering group
4. Cluster leaders
5. Principal investigators
6. Scientific secretary
    

Other contributions (Not to be included in the annual report yet to be considered in its general part)

• N. Moussiopoulos, P. Louka, R. Almbauer, I. Colbeck, G. Finzi, S. Finardi, V-H. Peuch
  Formation of Ozone in South European Cities (FOSEC) [PDF]
  
  
• V. Assimakopoulos, P. Louka, N. Moussiopoulos, P. Sahm
  Evaluation of the microscale model MIMO with wind-tunnel measurements [PDF]
  
  
• N. Moussiopoulos, E. Georgiadou, A. Arvanitis, L. Kalognomou
  Applications and further development of the OFIS model [PDF]
  
  
• R. S. Sokhi, L. Luhana, J. Kukkonen, M. A. Pohjola, A. Kousa, J. Härkönen, A Karppinen, P. Aarnio, T. Koskentalo
  Interpretation of Atmospheric Particle Concentrations in London and Helsinki [PDF]
  
  
• C. Borrego, A. I. Miranda, O. Tchepel, A. M. Costa, J. Amorim, S. Magalhaes
  Development of an Integrated Air Quality Management System for Urban Areas [PDF]
  
  
• E. Genikhovich, A. Ziv, E. Yakovleva, R.Berkowicz, F. Palmgren
  Statistical Analysis of the Concentrations Measured in the Street Canyon in St. Petersburg [PDF]
  
  
• A. Ziv, R. Berkowicz, E. Yakovleva, E. Genikhovich, F. Palmgren
  Emission Factors for Russian Car Fleet Determined from Backward Dispersion Calculations [PDF]
  
  
• Frauke Pascheke, Michael Schatzmann
  Development and Validation of Tools for the Implementation of European Air Quality Policy in Germany [PDF]
  
  
• J. Kühlwein, R. Friedrich
  Microscale Street Canyon Emission Modelling and Vehicle Emission Factor Evaluation [PDF]
  
  
• A. Trukenmüller, H. Schlünzen, D. Grawe
  A Model System for Evaluating Air Quality in Different Detail [PDF]
  
  
• K. Schafer, S. Emeis, H. Hoffmann, C. Jahn, W. J. Muller, B. Heits, D. Haase, W.-D. Drunkenmolle
  Validation Data for Small-scale Numerical and Physical Models of a City Quarter [PDF]
  
  
• W. Bächlin, A. Ruhling, W. J. Müller, W. Theurer, A. Lohmeyer
  Tracer Experiments within an Urban Street Canyon – Field Measurements for Establishing a Validation Data Set – Experimental Realization [PDF]
  
  
• D. Grawe, K. H. Schlunzen
  Comparison of MITRAS Microscale Model Results and Wind Tunnel Data [PDF]
  
  
• J. Levitin
  Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone Concentrations in the Tel Aviv Urban Area [PDF]
  
  
• J.Levitin
  Statistical Modeling of Maximum NOx Concentrations in the Tel Aviv Area [PDF]
  
  
• V. Assimakopoulos, H.M. ApSimon, N. Moussiopoulos
  Effect of street geometry on circulation patterns and pollutant dispersion [PDF]
  
  
• V. Assimakopoulos, H.M. ApSimon, N. Moussiopoulos and P. Sahm
  A preliminary Eulerian modelling study of dispersion of NOx emissions over London [PDF]
  
  
• L. Bozó, J. Pinto, A. Gyovai, I. Kiss, S. Kelecsényi
  Source Origin and Spatial Distribution of Aerosol Particles in Budapest [PDF]
  
  
• D. Croci, S. Despiau
  Physical and chemical properties of urban particles in high pollution conditions during ESCOMPTE experiment [PDF]
  
  
• E. Decanini a , M. Volta
  Flexible modelling System for Air Pollution Simulation and Control in Northern Italy [PDF]
  
  
• G. Finzi, M. Volta, C. Carnevale, C. Ragni
  POEMPM: an emission model for size and chemical description of particulate matter [PDF]
  
  
• G. Finzi, C. Gariazzo, F. Polla Mattiot, M. Volta
  B.C. nesting approach harmonisation: UAM-V/CALGRID model exercise on Northern Italy [PDF]
  
  
• V. Gabusi, C. Pertot, G. Pirovano, M. Volta
  First results of a long-term simulation of photochemical smog in Northern Italy [PDF]
  
  
• K. Karatzas, T. Bassoukos, A. Kaprara, A. Massouras, T. Slini, L. Kalognomou, N. Moussiopoulos
  Integrated urban environmental management and information systems (IUEMIS) [PDF]
  
  
• A. Karppinen, J. Kukkonen, A. Kousa, P. Aarnio, T. Koskentalo
  Modelling of the exposure of population to urban air pollution [PDF]
  
  
• J. Kukkonen, D. Öttl, R. A. Almbauer, P. J. Sturm, M. Pohjola, J. Härkönen
  Diagnostic evaluation of two atmospheric dispersion models against a
  roadside dataset [PDF]
  
  
• O. Le Bihan, M. Glasius, B. Jensen, P. Wahlin, F. Palmgren
  Elemental Composition of Size-Segregated Particles Sampled Inside and Outside an Urban Apartment - First Results [PDF]
  
  
• K. Heinke Schlünzen
  The SATURN model inventory [PDF]
  
  
• D. Oettl, R. Almbauer, P. Sturm
  On the Simulation of Pollutant Dispersion under Low Wind Speed Conditions [PDF]
  
  
• P. Sturm, D. Oettl, M. Bacher, R. Almbauer
  Pollutant Dispersion in the Vicinity of Tunnel Portals [PDF]