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1st Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air PollutionBrussels, 1-3 June 2005 - Kjetil Tørseth, NILU/EMEP-CCC

Kjetil Tørseth (EMEP-CCC/NILU)

Observations –

how to develop a rational system combining

• ”Conventional monitoring”, • experiments • new capabilities



CCE CIAMMSC-WMSC-E

CCC

Countries

WGSRWGSR

The ”operational system” of the CLRTAP

Assessment of effects

Assessment of Air Quality trends, transport fluxes

Critical loadStock at risk

Critical load maps

Proposed strategies

Source-receptor relationships

Scenarios Costs, technologies

Transportfluxes

Emissions

WGE EMEP

Monitored data

ImplementationCommittee

ImplementationCommittee

Emission data



The “EMEP” database

• serves several projects related to EMEP (AMAP, OSPAR, HELCOM, CREATE and the Norwegian monitoring network).

• ~350 sites, ~40 countries

• holds data from more than 800 different components and currently contains close to 40 000 000 data values divided on 13 000 different data sets

• Continuous data records since the early 1970ies

• Integrated QA/QC procedures and “value adding” (flagging etc.)

• Directly linked to operational CTM modelling

• a Sybase ASE 12.0 relational database running on a Unix server

• Freely available, easy access through the internet (some exceptions)



EU-FP5; GMES (to assist definition of GMES (2008)

32 initial period projects

5 on atmosphere

(CREATE, DAEDALUS, APMOSPHERE, Met-Moniteur, GMES-GATO)

ESA; GSE (GMES Service Element)

development of technical services (CAPACITY, PROMOTE)

EU-FP6; SPACE/GMES

IP to develop an ”Pre-operational service....” - GEMS

EU-FP6; AREA VI: Operational forecasting and modelling including global climatic change observation systems

Call for an IP with the goal is to strengthen the observation of atmospheric climate parameters and the European component of the coordinated

international observing networks (GEOSS).



EMEP Level 1, 2 and 3 sites

GAW RA VI sites

Joint EMEP/GAW aerosol supersites

EMEP database

GAW-WDCA



www.accent-network.org



”Long-term” EMEP

WMO-GAW HELCOM

OSPARCOMAMAP

CLRTAP WGEEIONET/EUROAIRNET

NDSCOTHER NATIONAL

”Campaigns”EARLINETPHOTONS

AERONET SOGE

ENVISAT CALVALE2-AEROSOL (JRC)

Many others

National databases

AirBASE

EMEP/WDCA/CREATE database

NADIR

GAW WDCs

Various project databases

ACCENT WEB portal

Internal use

Data flow and archiving for European Tropospheric observations



Are we approaching a rational observing system to investigate hemispheric air pollution?

• ”Conventional monitoring” yes

Extensive multiple use, harmonized methodologies and procedures (GAW SAGs), QA/QC activities (complement GAW WCCs to aviod duplication), metadata definitions, some parties not able, Joint supersites being established, monitoring vs research, Ownership and acknowledgement – organisations have a need to be visible

• ”experiments” partly

Challenge to link to and utilize ”conventional monitoring”, different methodologies, access to data more limited, other protocols, national involvment of less importance

• ”new capabilities” developing

Lack of long term funding for in-situ observations, Suggestions; One stop shop…..?

“snapshot” ?

Virtual data senter ?

Ultimate goal, but the complexity should not be underestimated !



Major challenges related to

A general reduction in funding for in-situ observations

and

an increased need for the research community to compete for financial resources



Article 4Assessment of ambient air concentrations and deposition rates

...

4. Irrespective of concentration levels one sampling point should be installed every 50000 km² for the indicative measurement of arsenic, cadmium, total gaseous mercury, nickel, benzo(a)pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons other than benzo(a)pyrene, and of the total deposition of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Each Member State shall at least set up one measuring station.

Where appropriate monitoring should be co-ordinated with the EMEP monitoring strategy and measurement programme. ...

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 16.7.2003COM(2003) 423 final2003/0164 (COD)

Proposal for a

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILrelating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air



DECISION 2004/XX ON the Implementation of the EMEP monitoring strategy The Executive Body, Referring to the monitoring strategy adopted at the twenty-eight session of the EMEP Steering Body, and approved by the Executive Body at its twenty second session, Noting the importance of relevant high quality observational data both for the purpose of reviewing the progress of the implementation of the parties obligations under the protocols and as a basis for scientific work to further develop abatement strategies under the Convention, A. Decision under the Convention Acting under article 9 of the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution,

1. Calls upon parties to ensure that resources are made available for a full implementation of the strategy within the geographical scope of EMEP at a national level without undue delay;

2. Requests the CCC to support parties on a technical level in fully implementing the monitoring strategy

3. Invites the EMEP Steering Body to closely follow and review the implementation of the EMEP monitoring strategy.

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