Advances in Science and Research (Nov 2010)
MEGAPOLI: concept of multi-scale modelling of megacity impact on air quality and climate
- A. Baklanov,
- M. Lawrence,
- S. Pandis,
- A. Mahura,
- S. Finardi,
- N. Moussiopoulos,
- M. Beekmann,
- P. Laj,
- L. Gomes,
- J.-L. Jaffrezo,
- A. Borbon,
- I. Coll,
- V. Gros,
- J. Sciare,
- J. Kukkonen,
- S. Galmarini,
- F. Giorgi,
- S. Grimmond,
- I. Esau,
- A. Stohl,
- B. Denby,
- T. Wagner,
- T. Butler,
- U. Baltensperger,
- P. Builtjes,
- D. van den Hout,
- H. D. van der Gon,
- B. Collins,
- H. Schluenzen,
- M. Kulmala,
- S. Zilitinkevich,
- R. Sokhi,
- R. Friedrich,
- J. Theloke,
- U. Kummer,
- L. Jalkinen,
- T. Halenka,
- A. Wiedensholer,
- J. Pyle,
- W. B. Rossow
Affiliations
- A. Baklanov
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Lyngbyvej 100, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- M. Lawrence
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC), Germany
- S. Pandis
- Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), Hellas, University of Patras, Greece
- A. Mahura
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Lyngbyvej 100, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- S. Finardi
- ARIANET Consulting, Italy
- N. Moussiopoulos
- Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
- M. Beekmann
- Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
- P. Laj
- Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
- L. Gomes
- Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
- J.-L. Jaffrezo
- Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
- A. Borbon
- Laboratory Inter-universitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), France
- I. Coll
- Laboratory Inter-universitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), France
- V. Gros
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), France
- J. Sciare
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), France
- J. Kukkonen
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland
- S. Galmarini
- Joint Research Center (JRC), Ispra, Italy
- F. Giorgi
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
- S. Grimmond
- King's College London (KCL), UK
- I. Esau
- Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Norway
- A. Stohl
- Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway
- B. Denby
- Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway
- T. Wagner
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC), Germany
- T. Butler
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC), Germany
- U. Baltensperger
- Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
- P. Builtjes
- TNO-Built Environment and Geosciences, The Netherlands
- D. van den Hout
- TNO-Built Environment and Geosciences, The Netherlands
- H. D. van der Gon
- TNO-Built Environment and Geosciences, The Netherlands
- B. Collins
- UK MetOffice (MetO), UK
- H. Schluenzen
- University of Hamburg (UHam), Hamburg, Germany
- M. Kulmala
- University of Helsinki (UHel), Finland
- S. Zilitinkevich
- University of Helsinki (UHel), Finland
- R. Sokhi
- University of Hertfordshire – Centre for Atmospheric & Instrumentation Research (UH-CAIR), UK
- R. Friedrich
- University of Stuttgart (UStutt), Germany
- J. Theloke
- University of Stuttgart (UStutt), Germany
- U. Kummer
- University of Stuttgart (UStutt), Germany
- L. Jalkinen
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Switzerland
- T. Halenka
- Charles University Prague (CUNI), Czech Republic
- A. Wiedensholer
- Institute of Tropospheric Research (IfT), Germany
- J. Pyle
- Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge (UCam), UK
- W. B. Rossow
- Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge (UCam), UK
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-4-115-2010
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4
pp. 115 – 120
Abstract
The EU FP7 Project MEGAPOLI: "Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution and climate effects, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation" (http://megapoli.info) brings together leading European research groups, state-of-the-art scientific tools and key players from non-European countries to investigate the interactions among megacities, air quality and climate. MEGAPOLI bridges the spatial and temporal scales that connect local emissions, air quality and weather with global atmospheric chemistry and climate. The suggested concept of multi-scale integrated modelling of megacity impact on air quality and climate and vice versa is discussed in the paper. It requires considering different spatial and temporal dimensions: time scales from seconds and hours (to understand the interaction mechanisms) up to years and decades (to consider the climate effects); spatial resolutions: with model down- and up-scaling from street- to global-scale; and two-way interactions between meteorological and chemical processes.
