Monitoring and Prediction of the Atmospheric Transport
and Deposition of Desert Dust in the Mediterranean Region
Description:
The overall objective of the proposed project is to
develop and implement a prototype system for routine
monitoring and prediction of the atmospheric transport of
desert dust in the Mediterranean region, based on a
numerical weather prediction model enhanced by a module
for the simulation of the dust uptake, transport and wet
and dry deposition. The dust simulations will be
validated and further enhanced by means of an extensive
measurement programme as detailed below. The dust
monitoring and prediction system will be used both for
the simulation of past events and episodes and for
experimental forecasts of the atmospheric transport and
deposition of desert dust in the Mediterranean region.
These regional forecasts will be for typically 2-3 days
ahead. In addition to forming the basis for desert dust
alerts, these forecasts will be made available to
interested agencies and scientists. The proposed partners
are: Mediterranean Research Centre, Erice (Italy),
Division of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry,
University of Heraklion (Greece), Centre des Faibles
Radioactivites, Institut Pierre Siuon Laplace,
Gif-sur-Yvette (France), Laboratoire de Modelisation du
Climat et de l'Environnement, Institut Pierre Simon
Laplace, CEA, GifSur-Yvette (France), Department of
Applied Physics, University of Athens (Greece), and
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes
Atmospheriques CNRS - Univ. Paris VII & Paris XII Creteil
(France) - associated partner.
The scientists involved
have the complementary expertise in geochemistry and
ground observations, surface and space remote sensing,
and meteorology and numerical modelling, necessary to
accomplish the objective. The proposed Project
Coordinator is Dr. J.K. Daniel Soderman of MRC Erice,
formerly Head of Operations and Deputy Director of the
European Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecasts.
The proposed project will result in improved
environmental monitoring in the Mediterranean area. It is
an innovative effort to coordinate multidisciplinary
contributions of several European groups with different
backgrounds and from Mediterranean countries, in order to
develop an integrated system capable of measuring and
modelling under operational conditions the pollution of
the Mediterranean atmosphere due to desert dust. The
project will be cost-efficient because it is based on the
enhancement of existing satellite and numerical weather
prediction facilities and because most of the necessary
computer, analytical, and observational infrastructure is
available.
Keywords:
1. Desert dust 2. Atmospheric transport 3. Dust
deposition 4. Remote sensing 5. Numerical weather
prediction 6. Mediterranean
Start date: 1996-03-01
End date: 1998-02-28
Duration in months: 24 months
Project status: Execution
Programme acronym: ENV 2C
Project reference: ENV4950036
Prime contr org: Centro di Cultura Scientifica Ettore Majorana
Prime contr type: NCL Non Commercial
Prime contr dept: Mediterranean Research Centre
Prime contr address: 26 Via Guarnotta
Prime contr postcode: 91016
Prime contr town: Erice
Prime contr country: ITALY (IT)
Contact person: SODERMAN, J. K. Daniel
Tel: +39-923-869630
Fax: +39-923-869632
Email: daniel@indigo.ccsem.
Partners:
CNM : KALLOS, George
DEP : Laboratory of Meteorology
Department of Applied Physics
ORG : National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
OTY :
EDU Education
ADR : 33 Ippocratous Street
CIT : Athens
POC : 10680
REG : ATTIKI
CNY : GREECE (GR)
CNM : ZIOMAS, Ioannis
DEP : Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics
School of Physics
ORG : Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
OTY :
EDU Education
ADR : University Campus
PO Box 149
CIT : Thessaloniki
POC : 54006
REG : Thessaloniki
CNY : GREECE (GR)
TLX : 412181 AUTH GR
CNM : SCHULZ, Michael
DEP : Institut fuer Anorganische und Angewandte Chemie
ORG : Universitaet Hamburg
OTY :
EDU Education
ADR : 6 Martin-Luther-King-Platz
CIT : Hamburg
POC : 20146
REG : HAMBURG
CNY : GERMANY (DE)
CNM : BALKANSKI, Yves
DEP : Direction des Sciences de la Matiere -
Laboratoire de
Modelisation du Climat et de l'Environnement
ORG : Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
OTY :
NCL Non Commercial
ADR : Ctr Etudes de Saclay - CE-S
CIT : Gif-sur-Yvette
POC : 91191
REG : Essonne
CNY : FRANCE (FR)
TLX : 904541 f
ORG : Association pour le Developpement desTechniques
Nouvelles
OTY :
OTH Other
ADR : 157 Rue d'Alesia
CIT : Paris
POC : 75014
REG : Paris
CNY : FRANCE (FR)
CNM : DULAC, Francois
DEP : Direction des Sciences de la Matiere - Centre des
Faibles
Radioactivites
ORG : Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
OTY :
NCL Non Commercial
ADR : 1 Avenue de la Terrasse
CIT : Gif-sur-Yvette
POC : 91198
REG : Essonne
CNY : FRANCE (FR)
CNM : BERGAMETTI, Gilles
DEP : Laboratoire Inter-Universitaire des Systemes
Atmospheriques
ORG : Universite de Paris VII
OTY :
EDU Education
ADR : 61 Avenue du General De Gaule
CIT : Creteil
POC : 94010
REG : Val-de-Marne
CNY : FRANCE (FR)
CNM : STEPHANOU, Euripides
DEP : Division of Environmental and Analytical
Chemistry
ORG : University of Crete
OTY :
EDU Education
ADR : Leoforos Knossou
CIT : Heraklion
POC : 71409
REG : Irakleio
CNY : GREECE (GR)
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