Sources and Sinks of Urban Aerosols

URGENT Air Project No GST/02/2244 – Duration: 2/11/1998 - 31/10/2001.

Contents

  1. Project overview
  2. People
  3. Data collection / Model development
  4. Data summaries
  5. Other related URGENT projects

1. Project overview

See the project abstract at the URGENT Central Web Site.

2. People

Lead researcher Prof David Fowler CEH Edinburgh
Other principal investigators Dr Martin Gallagher UMIST Manchester
Dr Howard Roscoe BAS Cambridge
Data manager Dr Eiko Nemitz CEH Edinburgh
Other team members Dr Keith Bower UMIST Manchester
Dr Karl Beswick UMIST Manchester
Dr Mike Flynn UMIST Manchester

3. Data collection / Model development

3.1 Field campaigns

Location Edinburgh city and conurbation
Data Particle concentration and fluxes.
Particle size spectra (3 nm - 25 micrometres).
Meteorological measurements.
Profiles (balloon soundings).

3.2 Model development

A numerical model to simulate emission, transport, transformation and deposition of the urban aerosol will be developed.

4. Data summaries

Not available yet.

5. Other related URGENT projects

GST/02/1996 Development of a User-Friendly Software Package for Predicting the Concentration of Pollutants in the Atmosphere from Chimney Emissions in Urban Environments
GST/02/2254 Evolution of the Particle Size Distribution of Vehicular Emissions in the Urban Atmosphere
GST/02/2602 Experimental Quantification and Modelling of Dispersion of Particles in Urban Street Canyons