WG3: Environmental Measurements & Air Pollution Modelling
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WG3 will initiate and coordinate a European measure program including studies on innovative, continuous and automated environmental measurement and on air-pollution (NOx, CO, SO2, CO2, O3, BTEX, PAH, PM10, PM2.5, PM1, etc.) modelling in specific hot-spot and large areas located in COST countries. Harmonised air pollution monitoring in Europe will be addressed such as:
- air quality research in urban, industrial, rural and remote sites, including assessing of air quality plans;
- Air quality monitoring of new pollutants to evaluate if these can be standardized in environmental norms;
- Development of particle measurement techniques and personal samplers. Particle and aerosol characterization;
- Inter-compare new instruments with classical ones. Interpret indoor and outdoor variability of levels of air-pollutants;
- Exposure assessments;
- Assessment of abatement strategies;
- Modelling of air pollution;
- Development and/or assessment of environmental emergency response systems (severe events, floods, transboundry radioactive pollution);
- Chemical weather forecasting;
- Assimilation of pollution data in integrated systems for monitoring and management of air quality;
- Assimilation of remote data in air pollution modelling.
These depicted main research tasks will be studied via qualified manpower of the COST Action partners and investigated by their existing operational systems such as:
- Air quality monitoring laboratories;
- Field stations for air quality research;
- Field sampling sites;
- Calibration facilities for aerosol equipment;
- Geochemical laboratories for analysis of air samples;
- Software for chemical weather forecasting and air-pollution modelling;
- Telecommunication hub of World Meteorological Organization.
Objectives
- Assessment of environmental measurements long-term campaigns by AQC gas sensors at
laboratory experiments level;
- Assessment of environmental measurements in field by AQC gas sensor-systems in the air quality
stations;
- Assessment of air-quality modelling with data assimilation from integrated AQC gas sensors;
- Report on chemical weather forecasting at global area and hot-spot case-studies;
- Evaluation of integrated air quality plans and strategies: role of low-cost AQC gas sensors;
- Assessment of clean technologies and environmental management systems reducing the
emission of air-pollutants, green-houses, particulate matter, aerosol, nanoparticles, etc.;
- Assessment of new sensing technologies, including AQC gas sensors and wireless sensors
network, for environmental management;
- Report on harmonisation of environmental measurements in EU-zone and non-COST areas;
- Report on IP Rights of air-quality modelling and chemical weather forecasting.
- Recommendations for laboratory and field experiments for evaluation of low-cost AQC gas
sensors performance;
- Recommendations for research and development needs to improve cost-effective AQC gas
sensors to be integrated in air-quality models and chemical weather forecasting;
- Recommendations for short-term operational developments and AQC gas sensors priorities
and strategies in the air-quality plans;
- Recommendations for improving portable AQC gas sensor-systems in integrated models for
mid- and long-term applications;
- Overview of the current state-of-the-art on air-quality modelling and chemical weather
forecasting;
- Guidelines for management of new AQC sensing wireless technologies.
Chair 
| Prof. Ole Hertel
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Vice-Chair
| Prof. Kaarle Hameri
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Members 
| CASTELL Nuria
Lab.:
Org.: NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Country: Norway
Tel. +47 63898254 - Fax +47 63898050
e-Mail ncb@nilu.no Web http://www.nilu.no
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| FERENCZI Zita
Lab.:
Org.: Hungarian Meteorological Service
Country: Hungary
Tel. +36–1–346–4821 - Fax +36–1–346–4809
e-Mail ferenczi.z@met.hu Web http://www.met.hu
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| MINGUILLÓN María Cruz
Lab.:
Org.: IDAEA–CSIC
Country: Spain
Tel. +34 93 4006100 ext. 1521 - Fax
e-Mail mariacruz.minguillon@idaea.csic.es Web http://contaminacion–atmosferica.es/
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| QUEROL Xavier
Lab.:
Org.: IDAEA–CSIC
Country: Spain
Tel. +34 934006100 - Fax
e-Mail xavier.querol@idaea.csic.es Web http://contaminacion–atmosferica.es/
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| VIANA Mar
Lab.:
Org.: IDAEA–CSIC
Country: Spain
Tel. +34 934006126 - Fax
e-Mail mar.viana@idaea.csic.es Web http://contaminacion–atmosferica.es/
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| BORREGO Carlos
Lab.:
Org.: IDAD–Institute of Environment and Development
Country: Portugal
Tel. +351.234.400.800 - Fax +351.234.400.819
e-Mail cborrego@ua.pt Web http://www.ua.pt/idad/
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| COSTA Ana Margarida
Lab.:
Org.: IDAD–Institute of Environment and Development
Country: Portugal
Tel. +351.234.400.800 - Fax +351.234.400.819
e-Mail amcosta@ua.pt Web http://www.ua.pt/idad/
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| COUTINHO Miguel
Lab.:
Org.: IDAD–Institute of Environment and Development
Country: Portugal
Tel. +351.234.400.800 - Fax +351.234.400.819
e-Mail miguel.coutinho@ua.pt Web http://www.ua.pt/idad/
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| REIMRINGER Wolfhard
Lab.:
Org.: 3S GmbH
Country: Germany
Tel. +49 681 958286 14 - Fax +49 681 958286 11
e-Mail reimringer@3S–ing.de Web http://www.3S–ing.de
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| THORLACIUS Arngrímur
Lab.:
Org.: Agricultural University of Iceland
Country: Iceland
Tel. +354 8617131 - Fax
e-Mail arngrimur@lbhi.is Web http://www.lbhi.is
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| WEIJERS Ernie
Lab.:
Org.: Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
Country: The Netherlands
Tel. +31 885154607 - Fax
e-Mail weijers@ecn.nl Web http://www.ecn.nl/units/bkm/environmental–research/
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| KUHLBUSCH Thomas
Lab.: Air Quality & Sustainable Nanotechnology
Org.: IUTA e.V.
Country: Germany
Tel. +49 2065418267 - Fax +49 2065418211
e-Mail tky@iuta.de Web http://www.iuta.de
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| QUASS Ulrich
Lab.: Air Quality & Sustainable Nanotechnology
Org.: IUTA e.V.
Country: Germany
Tel. +49 2065418214 - Fax +49 2065418211
e-Mail quass@iuta.de Web http://www.iuta.de
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| ORLOVIĆ–LEKO Palma
Lab.: Department of Chemistry
Org.: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering
Country: Croatia
Tel. 5535–912 - Fax
e-Mail paorleko@rgn.hr Web http://www.rgn.hr/en/contacts/phone–book/employee?djelatnik=palma–orlovic–leko
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| MOOS Ralf
Lab.: Department of Functional Materials
Org.: University of Bayreuth
Country: Germany
Tel. (+49) 0921–55–7401 - Fax (+49) 0921–55–7405
e-Mail Ralf.Moos@Uni–Bayreuth.de Web http://www.funktionsmaterialien.de/
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| SCHÖNAUER–KAMIN Daniela
Lab.: Department of Functional Materials
Org.: University of Bayreuth
Country: Germany
Tel. (+49) 0921–55–7458 - Fax (+49) 0921–55–7405
e-Mail Daniela.Schoenauer–Kamin@Uni–Bayreuth.de Web http://www.funktionsmaterialien.de/
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| LABANCZ Krisztina
Lab.: Division for analysis of Atmospheric Environment (background environmental sampling and analysis)
Org.: Hungarian Meteorological Service
Country: Hungary
Tel. +36–1–3464818 - Fax +36–1–3464809
e-Mail labancz.k@met.hu Web http://www.met.hu
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| BRINI Marco
Lab.: EnvEve
Org.: EnvEve
Country: Switzerland
Tel. +41 763461420 - Fax
e-Mail brini@enveve.com Web http://www.enveve.com
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| PILLA Francesco
Lab.: Environment research group
Org.: Trinity College Dublin
Country: Ireland
Tel. +353 857051836 - Fax
e-Mail fpilla@tcd.ie Web http://www.tcd.ie/civileng/research/environmental/
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| TEIXEIRA Joao Paulo
Lab.: Environmental Health Department
Org.: National Institute of Health
Country: Portugal
Tel. +351 918707109 - Fax
e-Mail jpft12@gmail.com Web http://www.insa.pt
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| THEUNIS Jan
Lab.: Environmental Risk and Health Unit
Org.: VITO
Country: Belgium
Tel. +32 14335372 - Fax
e-Mail jan.theunis@vito.be Web http://www.vito.be
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| KARPE Philippe
Lab.: ETHERA
Org.: ETHERA
Country: France
Tel. +33 1 69 08 37 44 - Fax +33 4 76 22 18 85
e-Mail philippe.karpe@ethera–labs.com Web http://www.ethera–labs.fr
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| KARATZAS Kostas
Lab.: Informatics Systems and Applications Group
Org.: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Country: Greece
Tel. +30 2310 994176 - Fax +30 2310 994176
e-Mail kkara@eng.auth.gr Web http://isag.meng.auth.gr
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| HUEGLIN Christoph
Lab.: Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology
Org.: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Country: Switzerland
Tel. +41 58 765 46 54 - Fax +41 58 765 11 22
e-Mail christoph.hueglin@empa.ch Web http://www.empa.ch
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| CVETKOVIĆ Anka
Lab.: Laboratory for human ecology and ecotoxicology
Org.: Institute of Public Health of Belgrade
Country: Serbia
Tel. +38163 8511614 - Fax +31811 324 1212
e-Mail anka.filipovic@gmail.com Web http://www.zdravlje.org.rs?????
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| CIGLENEČKI–JUŠIĆ Irena
Lab.: Laboratory for physical aquatic chemistry
Org.: Rudjer Boškovi? Institute, Department for Marine and Environmental Research
Country: Croatia
Tel. +385 14561105 - Fax +385 14680242
e-Mail irena@irb.hr Web http://www.irb.hr/Ljudi/Irena–Ciglenecki–Jusic
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| CVITEŠI? Ana
Lab.: Laboratory for physical chemistry of aquatic systems
Org.: Ru?jer Boškovi? Institute
Country: Croatia
Tel. +385 14560952 - Fax +385 14680084
e-Mail acvites@irb.hr Web http://
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| FRKA MILOSAVLJEVIC Sanja
Lab.: Laboratory for physical chemistry of aquatic systems
Org.: Ru?jer Boškovi? Institute
Country: Croatia
Tel. +385 1 4681 105 - Fax +385 1 4680 242
e-Mail frka@irb.hr Web http://www.irb.hr/eng/People/Sanja–Frka–Milosavljevic
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| STEINBERGA Iveta
Lab.: Laboratory of Environmental Processes Modelling
Org.: University of Latvia, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences
Country: Latvia
Tel. +371 26467809 - Fax +371 67332704
e-Mail iveta.steinberga@lu.lv Web http://www.geo.lu.lv/
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| DE GENNARO Gianluigi
Lab.: LABORATORY of ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY – DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Org.: UNIVERSITY OF BARI ’ALDO MORO’
Country: Italy
Tel. +39 0805442023 - Fax +39 0805442023
e-Mail gianluigi.degennaro@uniba.it Web http://www.uniba.it
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| DEMARINIS LOIOTILE Annamaria
Lab.: LABORATORY of ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY – DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Org.: UNIVERSITY OF BARI ’ALDO MORO’
Country: Italy
Tel. +39 0805442023 - Fax +39 0805543254
e-Mail annamaria.demarinis@uniba.it Web http://www.uniba.it
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| LAVRIČ Jošt Valentin
Lab.: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Org.: Max Planck Society
Country: Germany
Tel. +49 (3641) 57 63 68 - Fax +49 (3641) 57 73 00
e-Mail jlavric@bgc–jena.mpg.de Web http://www.bgc–jena.mpg.de
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| GARDNER Julian
Lab.: Microsensors & Bioelectronics Laboratory
Org.: University of Warwick
Country: United Kingdom
Tel. +44(0)2476 523695 - Fax +44(0)2476 418922
e-Mail j.w.gardner@warwick.ac.uk Web http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/mbl
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| JOVASEVIC–STOJANOVIC Milena
Lab.: Radiaton and Environmental Protection Department
Org.: Vinča Insitute of Nuclear Sciences
Country: Serbia
Tel. +381 113408695 - Fax +381 116458
e-Mail mjovst@vinca.rs Web http://www.vinca.rs
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| GALATIOTO Fabio
Lab.: School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Org.: Newcastle University
Country: United Kingdom
Tel. +44(0)1912226329 - Fax +44(0)1912226502
e-Mail fabio.galatioto@ncl.ac.uk Web http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceg/
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| LEE John
Lab.: School of Informatics
Org.: University of Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Tel. +44 131 650 4420 - Fax
e-Mail J.Lee@ed.ac.uk Web http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/˜john/
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| DE VITO Saverio
Lab.: UTTP–MDB (iSense group)
Org.: ENEA C.R. Portici
Country: Italy
Tel. +39 081 7723364 - Fax +39 081 7723344
e-Mail saverio.devito@enea.it Web http://www.enea.it
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