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- Title
General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) -- integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales.
- Authors
Kulmala, M.; Asmi, A.; Lappalainen, H. K.; Baltensperger, U.; Brenguier, J.-L.; Facchini, M. C.; Hansson, H.-C.; Hov, Ø.; O'Dowd, C. D.; Pöschl, U.; Wiedensohler, A.; Boers, R.; Boucher, O.; de Leeuw, G.; Denier van den Gon, H.; Feichter, J.; Krejci, R.; Laj, P.; Lihavainen, H.; Lohmann, U.
- Abstract
In this paper we describe and summarize the main achievements of the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions project (EUCAARI). EUCAARI started on 1 January 2007 and ended on 31 December 2010 leaving a rich legacy including: (a) a comprehensive database with a year of observations of the physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosol particles over Europe, (b) the first comprehensive aerosol measurements in four developing countries, (c) a database of airborne measurements of aerosols and clouds over Europe during May 2008, (d) comprehensive modeling tools to study aerosol processes fron nano to global scale and their effects on climate and air quality. In addition a new Pan-European aerosol emissions inventory was developed and evaluated, a new cluster spectrometer was built and tested in the field and several new aerosol parameterizations and computations modules for chemical transport and global climate models were developed and evaluated. This work enabled EUCAARI to improve our understanding of aerosol radiative forcing and air quality-climate interactions. The EUCAARI results can be utilized in European and global environmental policy to assess the aerosol impacts and the corresponding abatement strategies.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN integration; ATMOSPHERIC aerosols; CLOUDS; AIR quality; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); OPTICAL properties; CLIMATE change; ATMOSPHERIC models; ENVIRONMENTAL policy
- Publication
Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 6, p17941
- ISSN
1680-7367
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/acpd-11-17941-2011