CONVENTION
ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION
Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the
Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe, EMEP
4TH MEETING OF THE
TASK FORCE ON MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING (TFMM)
International University Menendez Pelayo (UIMP)
Plaza del Carmen 4, Palacio Pineda
Valencia, Spain
9-11 April 2003
Registration at UIMP 8.30 – 12.00
| 9.30 | Welcome and opening of meeting |
| 9.45 | Adoption of the agenda |
Monitoring strategy Part 1
| 10.00 | EMEP Monitoring Strategy and Measurement Programme 2004-2009 (download as word (690K) - pdf (918K) ) |
| General introduction (Kjetil Tørseth) with discussion |
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
| 11.30 | Work in break out groups, focus on Chapters 7 and 8 |
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
Discussion of Technical
Reports by MSC-E, Part 1
Progress in the POP and Hg hemispheric modelling
| 14.30 | Progress in the POP and Hg hemispheric modelling (Victor Shatalov, EMEP/MSC-E ) |
| Recent findings in the atmospheric chemistry of mercury (John Munthe, IVL) | |
| Recent developments in mercury modelling (Gerhard Petersen, GRSS) |
EMEP Assessment report
| 15.30 | Overview of progress in drafting part 1, European perspective (Gun Lövblad, IVL) |
| Discussion | |
| 16.30 | Status of part II of the EMEP Assessment Report (Jerzy Bartnicki and A. Eliassen, DNMI) |
| 17.00 | EMEP data series analysis (Marco Giannitrapani, University of Glasgow) |
| 17.30 | Poster session: Country reports for Assessment report including short oral overviews of posters (poster presenters) |
| 18.00 | “Vino Espanol” Reception at Poster Session hosted by CEAM and WMO |
Thursday 10.4.
Scientific and Technical Review of the EMEP Eulerian Model
| 9.00 | Performance of the Unified EMEP model over 20 years: consequences for the parametrisation of sulphur chemistry (Hilde Fagerli, DNMI) |
| UNI-AERO, the research aerosol dymanic model for EMEP: model description and evaluation (Svetlana Tsyro, DNMI) | |
| 9.45 | Performance of other models: |
| Evaluation of the MATCH model using EMEP Data (Joakim Langner, SMHI) | |
| REM3 (Rainer Stern, Free University Berlin) | |
| LOTOS model (Martin van Loom, TNO) | |
| CHMIERE (Laurence Rouil, INERIS) | |
| Model-3 (Ian Rodgers, INNOGY) |
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
| 11.30 | Discussion of the status and preparation for a workshop on the model review, based on paper to be distributed to participants upon registration |
12.30 – 16.00 Lunch break: Excursion to visit the Euphore/CEAM facilities in the Parque Tecnologico of Valencia, lunch in the Social Club of the Parque Tecnologico.
City Delta project
| 16.00 | Overview (Kees Cuvelier, JRC) |
| 16.30 | Danish work under City–Delta (Niels Heidam) |
| Discussion |
Ozone pollution in the Mediterranean Region
| 17.00 | Ozone: Unified EMEP model performance and evaluation requirements - the example of in the Mediterranean region (Leonor Tarrason, MSC-W, for David Simpson and Jan Eiof Jonson) |
| Observed ozone cycles and regional effects in the Mediterranean (Millan Millan, CEAM) | |
| Discussion |
Friday 11.4.
Discussion of Technical Reports by MSC-E Part 2
Recent results of the Hg model intercomparison study (Phase II)
| 9.00 | Progress in the MSC-E HM model validation (Ilia Ilyin, Sergey Dutchak, EMEP/MSC-E) |
| Results of intercomparison study of numerical models for long-range transport of Hg (Stage II) (Ilia Ilyin, EMEP/MSC-E ) |
Monitoring strategy Part 2
| 10.00 | Reports from Monitoring Strategy break-out sessions held on Wednesday |
| 11.00 | Further discussion on TFMM items: approving monitoring data reports, further work |
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
Meeting report
| 12.00 | Review of the draft conclusions and the outline of the report to the EMEP Steering Body |
| 14.00 | Closure of the meeting |