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SATURN
 

Studying Atmospheric Pollution in Urban Areas
 

Annual Report 1998

 

Subproject Executive Group
 
 
 

Nicolas Moussiopoulos, Thessaloniki, Greece

Subproject Coordinator

K. Dick van den Hout, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

Deputy Coordinator

Patrice Mestayer, Nantes, France

Deputy Coordinator

Finn Palmgren, Roskilde, Denmark

Deputy Coordinator

Michael Schatzmann, Hamburg, Germany

Deputy Coordinator

Carlos Borrego, Aveiro, Portugal

Responsible for QA/QC

International Scientific Secretariat (ISS)

München 1999

Table of contents

I Report on the subproject work

1 Summary

2 Aims of work in the reporting period

3 Activities in the reporting period
 

3.1 Model development
3.2 Model evaluation
3.3 Experiments
3.4 Integration
3.5 QA/QC measures
                4 Principal results 4.1 Model development
4.2 Model evaluation
4.3 Experiments
4.4 Integration
               5 Main conclusions

               6 Policy-relevant results

6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Framework Project
6.3 SATURN’s contributions in relation to the application chain
                    6.4 First inventory of SATURN’s application structure
                    6.5 Concluding remarks
                7 Aims for the coming year

                8 Acknowledgements

                9 References

II SATURN actors

            1 Subproject Coordinator

            2 Deputy Coordinators

            3 Responsible for QA/QC

            4 Steering Group

            5 Principal Investigators

            6 Main Group Leaders

            7 Task Leaders

III Publications

        1 Refereed literature

        2 Contributions to the EUROTRAC Symposium ‘98

        3 Theses

IV Reports from the Principal Investigators

Ch. Hirsch, N. Hakimi, P.E. Bournet
Turbulent flow simulations in urban configurations

M. Jicha, J. Katolicky, J. Pospisil
Air quality in urban areas: Traffic induced pollutants concentration and dispersion

N. Moussiopoulos, W. Bickmeier, P. Sahm
Microphysical processes and radiative transfer in ZEUS

P.G. Mestayer, J.F. Sini, J.P. Chollet
Pollutant transfers within streets - model development for SUBMESO

B. Calpini, A. Clappier, A. Martilli
Air quality in urban areas: modelling with variable grids

A. Coppalle, L. Delamare
Subgrid-scale dispersion and chemical processes in the vicinity of Nox emission sources

Y. Andersson-Sköld
Development of chemical transformation mechanisms to be used in models of urban areas and urban plumes

S. Perego, M. Junier
The influence of heterogeneous processes onto the urban atmosphere

K. Heinke Schlünzen, H. Panskus
An evaluation concept for microscale numerical models of the obstacle laye

G. Smiatek, W. Xiaoling
Mapping roughness length in urban and suburban areas using ERS interferometric SAR data

J.P. Peneau, M.J. Antoine, D. Groleau, L. Tiraoui
Radiative modelling in urban canopy

P.J. Sturm
Harmonised method for the compilation of urban emission inventories for urban air modelling

J.M. Baldasano, C. Soriano, I. Toll
Development of an upgrade urban source emission model for atmospheric pollutants

C. Borrego, O. Tchepel, N. Barros, M. Lopes, M. Conceição, M.J. Valinhas, A.I. Miranda, S. Lemos
Generation and validation of emission inventory for Lisbon region

C. Mensink, I.D. Vlieger
Development of an urban emission inventory for the Antwerp area

P. J. Sturm, Ch. Sudy, R. A. Almbauer, J. Meinhart
Update of an emission inventory for urban air quality modeling purposes with a high resolution in time and space for the city of Graz

G. Graziani, P. Thunis, S. Galmarini, C. Cuvelier
MESOCOM: An inter-comparison exercise of flow models used for urban air quality simulations

R. S. Sokhi, S. Bualert, A. Lester, B. Fisher I. McRae (task summery)
Evaluation of roadside air quality models

R. S. Sokhi A. Tremper, L. Luhana A. Burton
Measurement of fine particulates in an urban location

F. Palmgren, R. Berkowicz, O. Hertel, E. Vignati
Car fleet emissions estimated from urban air quality measurements and street pollution models

J. Kukkonen, A. Karppinen, P. Aarnio, J. Walden
Studying atmospheric pollution in urban areas by mathematical modelling and measurements

R. A. Almbauer, P. J. Sturm, L. Windholz, M. Piringer, R. Lazar, E. Putz
DATE Graz, dispersion of atmospheric trace elements in an urban area – taking the city of Graz as an example

E. Genikhovich, I. Gracheva, A. Ziv, E. Iakovleva, E. Filatova
Study of air pollution in St. Petersburg area

C. Johansson, U.Wideqvist, V. Veseley, R. Westerholm, E.Swietlicki
Carcinogenic substances: Importance of different sources for the distribution and for man’s exposure

M. Schatzmann, B. Leitl, J. Liedtke
Wind tunnel modelling in support of model validation

R. Colvile, A. Scaperdas, A. Robins
Microscale urban dispersion: wind tunnel measurements

Z. Janour
Urban microscale dispersion data development - wind tunnel experiment

L. Bozó, J. M. Pinto, K. Labancz
Chemical composition and source origin of fine aerosol particles in Budapest, Hungary

I. Colbeck, M.Chen Chung
Aerosol transport in urban areas

T. Pakkanen, C. Ojanen, R. Hillamo, P. Aarnio, T. Koskentalo, W. Maenhaut
Atmospheric particulate matter in urban environments

H. ApSimon, V. Asimakopoulos, A. Mediavilla , G. Martinez-Villa, K. Clemitshaw, R. Colvile
Source apportionment project, SAP

K. Karatzas, N. Moussiopoulos, S.Papalexiou, G. Theodoridis, P.M. Tourlou, T. Nitis
Development and application of tools for smog episode forecasting and for management decision support in urban areas

U. Schlink, O. Herbarth, L. Bozo
Time series analysis of ozone air pollution in Budapest, Hungary

D. J. Carruthers
Development of an air quality management system

D. v. d. Hout, P. Zandveld
SURFIS - Studying the URban FIne Structure

S. Larssen, T.Bøhler, S. E. Walker
Development of an air quality information system (the AirQUIS System), including an urban scale model evaluation/validation exercise

G. Finzi, G. Brusasca, P. Buttini, G. Calori, G. Catenacci, C. Cavicchioli, F. Desiato, F. Lena, A. Longhetto, A. Marzorati, U. Pellegrini, G. Pirovano, M. Riva, C. Silibello, M. Volta
A comprehensive modelling system for photochemical pollution control in metro-politan areas

R. San José, M.A. Rodriguez, I. Salas, R.M. González
Integrated and operational environmental forecasting model in metropolitan areas: OPANA

O. Herbarth, U. Schlink, M. Richter, U. Müller, G. Fritz
Analysis of environmental impact on health status data