7th International Conference on

Air Quality – Science and Application

(formerly Urban Air Quality Conference)

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177 Oral Papers

IDAbstract Title NameOrganisationAuthorsPresentation
59 ELEMENTAL CARBON AS INDICATOR FOR TRAFFIC-RELATED PM EMISSIONS IN URBAN AREAS Menno Keuken TNO Menno Keuken* and Marita Voogt Oral
62 THE NEED FOR MORE EXTENSIVE AIR QUALITY MONITORING TO RESOLVE THE AIR POLLUTION HEALTH ISSUE To Resolve the Air Pollution Health Issue Ronald Wyzga EPRI Ronald E. Wyzga, Sc.D. Oral
66 ON THE REMOTE SENSING OF CONTINENTAL AEROSOLS AND AIR QUALITY Frank Veroustraete Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Vito) Frank Veroustraete* Oral
72 SIMULATION OF ELEVATED PM10 AND PM2.5 CONCENTRATIONS IN CENTRAL EUROPE DURING WINTER 2003 ROBERTO SAN JOSE Technical University of Madrid (UPM) R. San Jose* (1), J.L. Pérez (1), J.L. Morant (1) and R.M. Gonzalez (2) Oral
82 Source apportionment in the harbour of Genoa - Italy Paolo Prati UNiv. of Genoa & INFN E. Cuccia, F. Mazzei , P. Prati* Oral
83 BIOGENIC VOC ESTIMATED BY MEGAN AND ITS IMPACTS ON O3 IN THE PEAR RIVER DELTA REGION, CHINA Xuemei Wang Sun Yat-sen University Wang Xuemei*(1), Situ Shuping(1), Alex Guenther(2), Fei Chen(2) and Christine Wiedinmyer(2) Oral
84 AIR POLLUTION IN THE BENELUX/RHEIN-RUHR AREA: SCENARIOS AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS BASED ON MODEL CALCULATIONS Michael Memmesheimer University of Cologne Michael Memmesheimer*(1), Sabine Wurzler (2), Hermann J. Jakobs (1), Elmar Friese (1), Georg Piekorz (1), Christoph Kessler (1), Adolf Ebel (1) Oral
85 Urban air quality forecasting system for Budapest, Hungary Krisztina Labancz Hungarian Meteorological Service Krisztina Labancz*, Györgyi Baranka Oral
87 TRENDS OF AIRBORNE NITROGEN COMPOUNDS IN THE ARCTIC Tuija Ruoho-Airola Finnish Meteorological Institute Tuija Ruoho-Airola* (1) and Lars R. Hole (2) Oral
88 FORECASTING SULPHUR AND NITROGEN OXIDES, OZONE AND AEROSOLS AS KEY COMPONENTS OF CHEMICAL WEATHER Joana Soares Finnish Meteorological Institute Joana Soares*, Mikhail Sofiev, Marje Prank, Jaakko Kukkonen Oral
89 DERIVATION OF AN INTEGRATED HEALTH INDEX FOR PULMONARY DISEASES USING SATELLITE BASED ENVIRONMENTAL AND METEOROLOGICAL DATA IN COMBINATION WITH MEDICAL DATA AND EXPERTISE Beate Hildenbrand German Aerospace Center, DLR Beate Hildenbrand*(1), Julian Meyer-Arnek(1), Thomas Holzer-Popp(1), Rainald Fischer(2), Eva Wanka(2) Oral
93 THE DECLINE OF HAZE, MIST AND FOG IN EUROPE DURING THE LAST 30 YEARS: A WARMING AMPLIFIER Robert Vautard LSCE/IPSL Vautard, R.(1)*, Yiou, P. (1), and van Oldenborgh, G. J. (2) Oral
94 APPLICATION OF PMF FOR SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC PAH CONCENTRATIONS IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY Asude Hanedar Istanbul Technical University Asude HANEDAR*, Kadir ALP Oral
95 PAVEMENT ABRASION AND RESUSPENSION FROM ROAD SURFACES – AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF FINE PARTICLES IN THE ENVIRONMENT Robert Gehrig Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research Robert Gehrig *, Nicolas Bukowiecki, Peter Lienemann, Lily Poulikakos Oral
99 SPATIAL INTERPOLATION AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT ANALYSIS OF AIR POLLUTANT IN THE VICINITY OF PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE sarawut thepanondh Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University Panukorn Sarutichart* and Sarawut Thepanondh Oral
102 SEASONAL APPORTIONMENT OF THE SOURCES OF AMBIENT AIR PARTICULATES IN THE CITY OF TRIESTE ALEKSANDER ASTEL POMERANIAN ACADEMY Aleksander Astel* (1), Sergio Cozzutto (2), Federico Cozzi (2), Gianpiero Adami (2), Pierluigi Barbieri (2), Stefan Tsakovski (3), Vasil Simeonov (3) Oral
105 The protection of cultural heritage from air pollution. The use of emission – dispersion modelling and cost analysis for abatement policies. Terje Grontoft Norwegian Institute for Air Research, NILU Terje Grøntoft Oral
106 Evolution of NOx emissions in Europe with focus on road transport control measures Vigdis Vestreng Norwgian Pollution Control Authority V. Vestreng*, L. Ntziachristos, A. Semb, S. Reis, I. S. A. Isaksen, L. Tarrasón Oral
110 SMOKE EMISSIONS FROM A PRESCRIBED BURNING OF A MEDITERRANEAN FOREST Célia Alves CESAM, University of Aveiro Célia Alves*, Cátia Gonçalves, Casimiro Pio, Fátima Mirante, Alexandre Caseiro, Margarita Evtyugina Oral
112 Planetary boundary layer: Feedbacks in climate system and the role in global warming Sergej Zilitinkevich University of Helsinki / Finnish Meteorological Institute * Sergej Zilitinkevich (1,2) and Igor Esau (1) Oral
113 Analysis of heavy metals in PM10 – measuring methods and uncertainty of measurement Michel Gerboles Joint Research Centre Michel Gerboles, Daniela Buzica Oral
117 POLLUTION REDUCTION OPTIONS NETWORK (PRONET) Hanns Moshammer Medical University Vienna Moshammer Hanns *(1), Mücke Hans-Guido (2), van den Hazel Peter (3), Hein Diana (4) Oral
121 EVALUATION OF THE FORECASTING AIR QUALITY SYSTEM FROM THE DIS-TRITO METROPOLITANO (ECUADOR) DURING JULY - DECEMBER OF 2008 René Parra CORPAIRE Parra* R, Salvador JP, Baca JC Oral
126 Chemical weather forecasting system for Tokyo area by using CHASER and WRF/Chem Masayuki Takigawa JAMSTEC/FRCGC Masayuki Takigawa1*, Hisashi Yashiro1, Masaaki Takahashi1,2, and Hajime Akimoto1 Oral
129 Multi-tool formaldehyde measurements in simulated and real atmosphere for indoor air monitoring Laura CHIAPPINI INERIS Laura CHIAPPINI*(1), Romain DAGNELIE(2), Maria SASSINE(3), Faustina FUVEL(1), Sébastien FABLE(1), Thu-Hoa TRAN-THI(2), Christian GEORGES(3) Oral
130 REGIONAL-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELLING FOR CHINESE MEGACITIES Karen Van de Vel VITO Karen Van de Vel(1)*, Koen De Ridder(1), Wouter Lefebvre(1), Joachim Maes(1), Clemens Mensink(1), Bas Mijling(2), Ronald van der A(2), Peter Viaene(1), Jo Vliegen(1) Oral
132 NOVEL MODELLING TECHNIQUES IN ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION OF SHORT TERM HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS Pavlos Kassomenos University of Ioannina Kassomenos P.1*, Papaloukas C.2, Petrakis M.3, Karakitsios S.4 Oral
135 DEVELOPMENT OF WHO GUIDELINES ON INDOOR AIR QUALITY Michal Krzyzanowski World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe Michal Krzyzanowski*) Oral
136 EVALUATION OF A COUPLED MICRO-SCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATOR AND INSTANTANEOUS EMISSION MODEL. James Tate University of Leeds James Tate (1 and 2), Stefan Hausberger* (2), Michael Zallinger (2) and Paul Goodman (1). Oral
137 IMPACT OF BIOMASS BURNING ON THE COMPOSITION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS Cinzia Perrino CNR Cinzia Perrino*, Maria Catrambone, Stefano Dalla Torre Oral
139 SEA-SALT AEROSOL FORECASTS OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN: EVALUATION AGAINST GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS Pavel Kishcha Tel-Aviv University Kishcha, P.* (1), Luvchik, A. (1), Nickovic, S. (2), Janjic, Z. (3), Viana, M. (4), Perez, N. (4), Mamane, Y. (5), Yossef, O. (5), Alpert, P. (1) Oral
142 The direct measurements of aerosol particle number fluxes in Helsinki, Finland Leena Järvi University of Helsinki Leena Järvi*, Üllar Rannik, Erkki Siivola, Pasi P. Aalto, Markku Kulmala and Timo Vesala Oral
146 Health impact assessment of locally emitted particulate matter in Tallinn using sectioning and modeling techniques Hans Orru University of Tartu Hans Orru* (1,2), Erik Teinemaa (3), Taavi Lai (1), Tanel Tamm (1), Marko Kaasik (1), Veljo Kimmel (4), Bertil Forsberg (2), Eda Merisalu (1), Kati Kangur (4,5) Oral
148 AIR POLLUTION IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA: COMPARISON OF MONITORING AND MODELLING RESULTS Eugene Genikhovich Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory Eugene Genikhovich Oral
152 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE AIR POLLUTION HEALTH-IMPACT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR THE IBERIAN PENINSULA Rafael Borge Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Rafael Borge*, Julio Lumbreras, Mª Encarnación Rodríguez NOTE: Abstract for the special session on "Air Quality and Health" Oral
154 SOURCE APPORTIONMENT STUDY OF TROPOSPHERIC OZONE IN NORTH-EAST OF ITALY, USING A PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELLING APPROACH Elena Vescovo ARPAV E. Vescovo*(1), F. Dalan (2), Silvia Pillon (1) and Francesca Liguori (1) Oral
155 MODEL PERFORMANCE OF MM5 USED IN AIR QUALITY STUDIES FOR WINTER AND SUMMER PERIODS IN SWITZERLAND Johannes Keller Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) Johannes Keller*, Iakovos Barmpadimos Sebnem Andreani-Aksoyoglu, Daniel Oderbolz, André S.H. Prévôt Oral
157 MODEL EVALUATION AND INTERCOMPARISON STUDY IN PO BASIN Iakovos Barmpadimos Paul Scherrer Institute Barmpadimos I.*(1), Keller J.(1), Andreani-Aksoyoğlu Ş.(1), Oderbolz C. D.(1), Deserti M.(2), Prévôt A.S.H.(1) Oral
158 Chemical Weather Forecast for Europe and selected Regions - Evaluation and Model Output Statistics Contribution to special session "Chemical Weather Forecasting and Information Systems" Hermann Jakobs Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research Hermann Jakobs Oral
161 MODELLING OF PRESENT AND PAST BAP EMISSIONS OVER EUROPE WITH SMOKE Johannes Bieser GKSS Research Center Johannes Bieser* (1,2), Armin Aulinger (1), Volker Matthias (1), Markus Quante (1,2) Oral
164 ASSIMILATION OF SURFACE AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE NETHERLANDS AND EUROPE Henk Eskes KNMI Henk Eskes (*) and Suzanne Calabretta-Jongen Oral
166 STREET–SCALE MODELLING OF NANOPARTICLES USING A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH AND AN OPERATIONAL MODEL Prashant Kumar University of Cambridge (UK) Prashant Kumar* (1), Matthias Ketzel (2), Alan Robins (3) and Rex Britter (1) Oral
167 IMPACTS ON FUTURE AIR QUALITY (YEARS 2010 AND 2015) BY MANAGING THE VEHICULAR MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BARCELONA (SPAIN) Pedro Jimenez-Guerrero Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion José M. Baldasano (1,2), Albert Soret (2), Eugeni López (2) and Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero* (2) Oral
168 PARTICULATE (PM2.5, PM1) TRANSFER EFFECTS IN THE GREATER ATHENS AREA: CONCENTRATIONS, CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION (PAHs, CARBON ELEMENTS, ION SPECIES). Styliani Pateraki University of Athens St. Pateraki (1,2)*, D.N. Asimakopoulos (1),Th. Maggos (2), K.Bougiatioti(3), N. Mihalopoulos(3), K. Bairachtari (2) and Ch. Vasilakos (2) Oral
169 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ABILITY OF IN AN INTEGRATED AIR QUALITY FORECASTING SYSTEM TO SIMULATE CHEMICALLY SPECIATED PM2.5 Pedro Jimenez-Guerrero Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion María T. Pay (1), Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero* (2), Oriol Jorba (2), Carlos Pérez (2), José M. Baldasano (1,2), X. Querol (3) and M. Pandolfi (3) Oral
171 THE INFLUENCE OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, SYNOPTIC AND IN-STREET WINDS ON NITROGEN DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS AROUND A CONGESTED INTERSECTION: A MEASUREMENT STUDY. James Tate University of Leeds James Tate (1)*, Karl Ropkins (1), Paul Goodman (1), Colin Oates (1), Haibo Chen (1), Margaret Bell (2), Alison Tomlin (3), Ahmed Balogun (3) and Rob Smalley (4). Oral
173 DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS: QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF MOBILE SOURCES ON PUBLIC HEALTH. Jorge Pachon Georgia Institute of Technology Jorge Pachon* (1), Jim Mulholland (1), Paige Tolbert (2), Jeremy Sarnat (2), Mitch Klein (2), Stefanie Ebelt (2), and Ted Russell (1) Oral
180 MODELLING OF AEROSOL COMPOSITION IN SWITZERLAND: SEASONAL AND ANNUAL VARIABILITY Sebnem Andreani-Aksoyoglu Paul Scherrer Institute Ş. Andreani-Aksoyoğlu*, J. Keller, D. Oderbolz, I. Barmpadimos, A.S.H. Prévôt, U. Baltensperger Oral
181 COMBINING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING WITH SURFACE MEASUREMENTS AND REGIONAL CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELLING TO ASSESS HEALTH EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS James Sloan University of Waterloo Z. Rebello(1), D. Spitzer(2), Z. He(1) and J.J. Sloan(1)* Oral
191 AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN A LARGE URBAN AREA AND EFFECTS OF LOW EMISSION ZONES Florian Pfäfflin IVU Umwelt GmbH Florian Pfäfflin* (1), Volker Diegmann (1), Sabine Wurzler (2) Oral
194 FINE PARTICLE EMISSIONS FROM SMALL BIOMASS FIRED COMBUSTION PLANTS IN FINLAND Mikko Savolahti Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Mikko Savolahti*, Niko Karvosenoja, Antti Tohka, Kaarle Kupiainen Oral
198 SIMULATING THE EFFECT OF A WIND BREAK ON THE AIR QUALITY WITH CFD Lisette Klok TNO Built Environment and Geosciences Lisette Klok* (1), Ernst Meijer (1), Jan Duyzer (1), Sander Jonkers (1) Oral
199 IMPLICATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICULATE MATTER COMPONENT TOXICITY FOR POPULATION EXPOSURE Stephen Griffiths E.ON Engineering Stephen J Griffiths* Oral
200 EVALUATION OF DIABATIC INITIALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL HIRLAM Gertie Geertsema KNMI Gertie Geertsema* (1) and Ben Wichers Schreur (1) Oral
203 THE HADLEY CENTRE EARTH-SYSTEM MODEL HADGEM2-ES – MODEL OUTLINE AND EVALUATION Gerd Folberth Met Office Hadley Centre William Collins, Gerd Folberth*, Colin Johnson, Fiona O’Connor Oral
205 TYRE WEAR PARTICLES FROM INTERACTION WITH ROAD PAVEMENTS Göran Blomqvist VTI Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute Göran Blomqvist* (1), Mats Gustafsson (1), Anders Gudmundsson (2), Erik Swietlicki (3), Eva Brorström-Lundén (4) Oral
211 THIRTY YEARS OF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN THE BAY OF RIJEKA LEO KLASINC RUDJKER BOSKOVIC INSTITUTE ZAGREB TOMISLAV CVITAS (1), LEO KLASINC* (2,3), ANA ALEBIC JURETIC (4) Oral
213 AN EMISSION MODEL FOR TRAFFIC INDUCED ULTRAFINE PARTICLES - A CONTINUOUS SIZE DISTRIBUTION APPROACH Irina Nikolova VITO Irina Nikolova*,Stijn Janssen, Bart De Maerschalck, Vinit Mishra, Patrick Berghmans Oral
216 SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF SUBMICRON PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION ON RESPIRATORY MORTALITY IN BEIJING, CHINA Arne Leitte Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Arne M. Leitte* (1), Uwe Schlink (1), Birgit Wehner (2), Thomas Tuch (1)(2), Alfred Wiedensohler (2), Susanne Breitner (3), Irene Brüske-Hohlfeld (3), Anette Peters (3), Xiao-chuan Pan (4) and Ulrich Franck (1) Oral
221 MODELLING TRAFFIC POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS AND DOSAGES IN URBAN AREA THROUGH WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS Paolo Giambini University of Florence Paolo Giambini*(1), Alan Robins(2), Paul Hayden(2), Andrea Corti(3) Oral
223 APPLICATION OF THE MET OFFICE UNIFIED MODEL FOR AIR QUALITY FORECASTING Nicholas Savage Met Office, UK Nicholas Henry Savage*, Paul Agnew, Douglas Boyd, Carlos Ordonez. Oral
225 EVALUATING AIR QUALITY LEGISLATION WITH DIFERENT STREET CANYON MODELS: GAUSSIAN &CFD Juan Acero LABEIN-Tecnalia J. A. Acero*, A. Padro, A. Simon Oral
226 PARTICULATE POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) CONCENTRATION AND RELATED CARCINOGENIC POTENCIES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF INDIA AMIT MASIH ST.ANDREW'S COLLEGE, GORAKHPUR, INDIA AMIT MASIH* AND AJAY TANEJA Oral
227 THE NEGLECTED DYNAMICS IN STATISTICAL FORECASTING OF PM10 AND PM2.5 DATA. A CASE STUDY FROM SANTIAGO, CHILE. Athanasios Sfetsos NCSR Demokritos A. Sfetsos (1)* , D. Vlachogiannis (1), P. Perez (2) Oral
228 Air Quality in Megacities: A Challenge for Interdisciplinary Research Peter Suppan Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH Peter Suppan*, Renate Forkel Oral
229 CFD SIMULATIONS OF THE IMPACT OF A LINE VEGETATION ELEMENT ALONG A MOTOR WAY ON LOCAL AIR QUALITY Bart De Maerschalck VITO - Felemish Institute for Technological Research Bart De Maerschalck* (1), Stijn Janssen (1), Jean Vankerkom (1), Clemens Mensink (1), Aad van den Burg (2) and Paul Fortuin (2) Oral
230 IMPACT OF THE DUNKERQUE INDUSTRIAL HARBOUR PM EMISSION OVER THE TRANS-MANCHE REGION ETIENNE TERRENOIRE PC2A -USTL E.Terrenoire* (1), V.Fevre-Nollet (1), M.K Patel (2), K.Pericleous (2) Oral
234 FINE PARTICLE CHEMICAL SPECIATION MONITORING NETWORKS IN THE USA RK Jayanty RTI International R.K.M. Jayanty*, James. B. Flanagan, W. Cary Eaton Oral
237 URBAN AND REGIONAL SCALE INTERACTIONS IN OZONE FORMATION Frode sTORDAL University of Oslo Hodnebrog Ø, Berntsen TK, and , Stordal F* Oral
238 An overview of the COST ES0602 action “Towards a European Network on Chemical Weather Forecasting and Information Systems” Jaakko Kukkonen Finnish Meteorological Institute Jaakko Kukkonen* (1), Kostas Karatzas (2), Kjetil Tørseth (3), Aasmund Fahre Vik (3), Thomas Klein (4), Roberto San José (5) and Mikhail Sofiev (1) Oral
246 MODELLING THE TRANSFER OF METALS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND IN AGROSYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING EXPOSURE OF HUMANS – APPLICATION TO INDUSTRIAL RELEASES IN A MEDITERRANEAN REGION Philippe Ciffroy EDF Queguiner S., Ciffroy P.*, Musson-Genon L. Oral
247 NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FLOW AND DISPERSION AROUND AN ISOLATED CUBIC BUILDING: THE EFFECT OF THE ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION Jane Santos Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Jane Meri Santos*(1), Neyval Costa Reis Jr. (1), Elisa Valentim. Goulart (1) and Ilias Mavroidis (2) Oral
248 AIR QUALITY DATA MINING USING MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES: APPLICATION TO HISTORICAL DATA FROM CUBATÃO, BRAZIL Maria Guardani CETESB Maria Lucia Gonçalves Guardani* (1), Richard Toyota (1), Maria Helena Martins (1), Leonardo Giampani Morita (2) and Roberto Guardani (2) Oral
251 POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN NANOPARTICLES IN BANGKOK AMBIENT AIR Wongpun Limpaseni Chulalongkorn University Wongpun Limpaseni*(1), Panwadee Suwattiga (2), and Thunyapat Thongyen(1) Oral
252 APPLICATION OF MODELLING TECHNIQUES TO THE INVESTIGATION OF AIR POLLUTION IN SMALL TOWNS IN NEW ZEALAND Andrew Sturman University of Canterbury, New Zealand Andrew Sturman* and Peyman Zawar-Reza Oral
255 INTERCOMPARISON AND ASSIMILATION OF NO2 RETRIEVALS OBTAINED FROM SATELLITE (SCIAMACHY), AIRCRAFT AND GROUND OBSERVATIONS INTO A REGIONAL SCALE AIR QUALITY MODEL (CMAQ-DDM) FOR THE CONTINENTAL U.S. Burçak Kaynak Georgia Institute of Technology Burçak Kaynak * (1,2), Yongtao Hu (1), Randall V. Martin (3,4) and Armistead G. Russell (1) Oral
258 A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS IN THE PO VALLEY - ITALY Marco Deserti ARPA Emilia-Romagna M.Deserti *(1), S.Bande (2), G.Bonafè (1), E.Minguzzi(1), M.Stortini(1), E.Angelino(3), M.P.Costa(3), G.Fossati(3), E. Peroni(3), G.Pession(4), F.Dalan (5), S.Pillon (5), G.Finzi(6), C.Carnevale (6) G.Pirovano(7), M.Bedogni(8) Oral
260 SOURCES INFLUENCING PM10 AND PM2.5 LEVELS IN THREE EUROPEAN CITIES – IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION EXPOSURE Pavlos Kassomenos University of Ioannina Pavlos Kassomenos 1*, Sotiris Vardoulakis2, Rafael Borge3, Julio Lumbreras3 , Arhontoula Chaloulakou4, Georgios Grivas4 Oral
268 IMPROVING PREDICTIONS AND THRESHOLD DETECTION WITH ENSEMBLE MODELLING Edouard Debry INERIS Edouard Debry* (1), Vivien Mallet (2,3), Frédérik Meleux (1), Bertrand Bessagnet (1), Laurence Rouïl (1) Oral
270 AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION IN BIRMINGHAM (U.K.) Sotiris Vardoulakis London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Sotiris Vardoulakis*(1), Zaid Chalabi (1), Tony Fletcher (1), Chris Grundy (1), Giovanni S. Leonardi (2) Oral
277 WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENT OF VERTICAL FLUXES OF PASSIVE POLLUTANT Klara Bezpalcova Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. Klara Bezpalcova* (1), Masaaki Ohba (2), Zbynek Janour (1) Oral
278 Modelling the Influence of a Small Urban Centre on air quality in a orographically complex region with WRF-Chem Gregor Schuermann CNR-IIA Gregor Schuermann *(1), Ian M. Hedgecock(1), Francesca Sprovieri (1), Nicola Pirrone (1), Franco Cofone (1), Gianluca Manna (1) Oral
279 SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF PM10 USING CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND RECEPTOR MODELLING IN HIGHLY POLLUTED AREAS: THE PO VALLEY, ITALY AND KRAKOW, POLAND Bo Larsen JRC Ispra *Bo R. Larsen and Jose Jimenez Oral
280 INEMAR AIR EMISSIONS INVENTORIES SOFTWARE: AN APPLICATION. Fabiano Turoldo ARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia Fabiano Turoldo*, Tommaso Pinat, Alessandra Petrini, Stefano Caserini Oral
287 SPATIAL MAPPING OF AIR QUALITY TRENDS IN EUROPE Bruce Denby NILU Bruce Denby*, Ingrid Sundvor Oral
288 A METHODOLOGY FOR THE CREATION OF METEOROLOGICAL DATASETS FOR LOCAL AIR QUALITY MODELLING AT AIRPORTS Nicolas DUCHENE ENVISA Nicolas Duchene* (1), James Smith (2) Oral
289 ESTIMATION OF PAHs SOURCES CONTRIBUTION TO INDOOR PARTICULATE MATTER CONCENTRATIONS IN AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND RECEPTOR MODELING APPLICATION. Dikaia Saraga NCSR DEMOKRITOS Dikaia E. Saraga (1), Thomas Maggos* (1), Evaggelos Tolis (2), Athanasios Sfetsos (1), Spyros Andronopoulos (1), John G. Bartzis (2) and Christos Vasilakos (1) Oral
293 SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF NO2 MIXING RATIOS INFERRED FROM SATELLITE AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS ABOVE N.E. EUROPE: ROLE OF MEGACITIES. Maria Kanakidou University of Crete M. Vrekoussis (1), E. Gerasopoulos (2), N. Mihalopoulos (3), A. Richer (1), M. Kanakidou* (3), M. Petrakis (2), A. Hilboll (1), J.P Burrows (1), C. Zerefos (2) Oral
297 METEOROLOGICAL AND AIR QUALITY FORECASTING PRODUCTS DURING THE ARCTAS CAMPAGNE Alessio D'Allura ARIANET Alessio D’Allura*(1), Gregory R. Carmichael(2), Sandro Finardi(1), Bhupesh Adhikary(2), Sarika Kulkarni(2) Oral
298 RANKING AND EVALUATING EMISSION REDUCTION SCENARIOS IN THE MILAN AREA ON THE BASIS OF SOURCE RANKING AND EVALUATING EMISSION REDUCTION SCENARIOS IN THE MILAN AREA ON THE BASIS OF SOURCE APPORTIONMENT RESULTS Guido Pirovano CESI Ricerca Guido Pirovano* (1), Marco Bedogni (2), Simone Casadei (2) Oral
300 Implementation of an air pollution forecast system in Beijing Fanny VELAY-LASRY ARIA Technologies Fanny Velay-Lasry* (1), Armand Albergel (1), Claude Derognat (1), Richard Ngo (1), Qijie Zhang (1), Benoît Laurent (2), Béatrice Marticorena (3), Li Yunting (4), Zhao Yue (4) Oral
303 COMBINED URBAN EXPOSURE BY AIRBORNE PARTICLES AND NOISE Ulrich Franck Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ N. Weber (1), D. Haase (2), T. Tuch (2), U. Schlink (2), U. Franck (2)* Oral
305 AN AIR QUALITY FORECAST SYSTEM FOR ROME METROPOLITAN AREA: FIRST EVALUATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL ISSUES Sandro Finardi Arianet Sandro Finardi*(1), Alessio D’Allura(1), Michela Maddalena(3), Camillo Silibello(1), Paola Radice(1), Matteo Morelli(2), Andrea Bolignano(2) and Roberto Sozzi(2) Oral
306 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER AND SOIL AROUND AN INDUSTRIAL REGION OF JAMNAGAR, GUJARAT (INDIA) Nanasaheb Kankal NEERI *N.C.KANKAL, S.S. PRAJAPATI, P.B. DESHBHRATAR AND S.R.WATE Oral
308 JOINT ANALYSIS OF DILUTION AND TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES OF AIR POLLUTION FROM THE ROAD AND SHIP TRANSPORT Ganev Kostadin Geophysical Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Kostadin Ganev* (1), Dimiter Syrakov (2), Angelina Todorova (1), Georgi Gadzhev (1), Georgi Jordanov (1), Nikolai Miloshev (1), Maria Prodanova (2) Oral
312 AN EMISSION INVENTORY OF PRIMARY GAEOUS AND AEROSOL POLUTANTS FOR LARGE INDUSTRIAL SOURCES IN VIETNAM Thao Pham The University of Natural Science Pham Thi Bich Thao* (1), Chatchawan Vongmahadlek (2), Nguyen Ky Phung (1) Oral
313 APPLICATION OF A PROBABILISTIC POPULATION EXPOSURE MODEL FOR THE INTER-COMPARISON OF EXPOSURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE COURSE OF SELECTED PM2.5 EPISODES IN HELSINKI, AND EVALUATION AGAINST MEASURED DATA Otto Hänninen KTL Otto Hänninen*¹, Mari Kauhaniemi², Ari Karppinen², Jaakko Kukkonen², Anu Kousa³, and Matti Jantunen¹ Oral
318 BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE AND EFFECT – INTERPRETATION FOR HUMAN RISK Radim Sram Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, v.v.i. Radim. J. Sram*, Blanka Binkova, Olena Beskid, Alena Milcova, Pavel Rossner, Pavel Rossner, Jr., Andrea Rossnerova, Ivo Solansky, Jan Topinka Oral
320 ESTIMATION OF INTAKE FRACTION DISTRIBUTIONS FOR BENZENE FROM VEHICLES IN THE HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA USING DIFFERENT METHODS Miranda Loh National Public Health Institute Miranda M. Loh*(1), Joana Soares(2), Ari Karppinen(2), Jaakko Kukkonen(2), Leena Kangas(2), Kari Riikonen(2), Anu Kousa(3), Arja Asikainen(1), Matti J. Jantunen(1) Oral
322 INVESTIGATION OF HIGH SUMMERTIME OZONE LEVELS IN ISTANBUL WITH MM5/CMAQ MODELING SYSTEM Ulaş İm Bogazici University Ulaş İm* (1), Tayfun Kındap (2), Selahattin İncecik (3), Orhan Yenigün (1), M. Talat Odman (4), Sema Topçu (3), Mete Tayanç (5) Oral
326 THE ROLE OF MEGACITIES ON AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN BASED ON TOMS AND MODIS SATELLITE DATA Nikos Hatzianastassiou University of Ioannina Nikos Hatzianastassiou (1), Nikolaos Mihalopoulos* (2), Antonis Gkikas (2), Omar Torres (3) and Basil Katsoulis (2) Oral
328 COMPARISON OF MEASURED AND MODELED BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT IN HELSINKI Noora Eresmaa Finnish Meteorological Institute Noora Eresmaa*, Jari Härkönen, Leena Kangas and Ari Karppinen Oral
329 OCCURRENCE OF COCAINE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF WORLD CITIES Angelo Cecinato Italian ational Research Council, Institute for Atmospheric Pollution Angelo Cecinato *, Catia Balducci, Graziano Nervegna, Giorgio Tagliacozzo Oral
330 A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH FOR THE COMPILATION OF A HIGH SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY RESOLVED EMISSION INVENTORY FOR THE ISTANBUL GREATER AREA Kostandinos Markakis Aristotle university of Thessaloniki Markakis Kostandinos *(1), Im Ulas (2), Unal Alper (3), Melas Dimitrios (1), Yenigun Orhan (2) and Incecik Selahattin (4) Oral
332 EFFECT OF CO2 BASED CAR REGISTRATION TAX ON PM2.5 EMISSIONS IN FINLAND Kaarle Kupiainen Finnish Environment Insitute (SYKE) Kupiainen K.*, Karvosenoja N., Tenhunen J., Seppälä J. Oral
338 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FACTOR – AIR: AN INTEGRATED MODELLING SYSTEM FOR COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF AIR EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES Cristina Guerreiro Norwegian Institute for Air Research Cristina Guerreiro* (1), Thorjørn Larssen (2), Inga Bruteig (3), Svein Knudsen (1), Rune Ødegård (1), Per Arild Aarrestad (3), Brit Lisa Skjelkvåle Monsen (2), Solveig Engen (4) Oral
340 NEW WAY OF ESTIMATING THE AIR EMISSIONS OF BALTIC SEA SHIPPING Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen Finnish Meteorological Institute Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen* (1), Juha Kalli (2), Anders Brink (3), Tapani Stipa (4) Oral
341 AIR QUALITY IN THE ARCTIC: LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT OF ANTHROPOGENIC HEAVY METALS Anna Vinogradova A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, RAS Anna A. Vinogradova* Oral
347 MODELLING THE CORRELATION OF ROADSIDE AIR POLLUTION WITH TRAFFIC REGIMES AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS USING PLS REGRESSION Janos Szabo University of Leeds Janos Gyarmati-Szabo* (1), Haibo Chen (1) and Leonid Bogachev (2) Oral
348 MODELLING OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS ON THE LAGOON OF VENICE Francesca Liguori Regional Environmental Protection Agency of the Veneto Region (ARPAV) Silvia Pillon (1), Francesca Liguori* (1), Laura Susanetti (1), Fabio Dalan (1), Giuseppe Maffeis (2), Giampiero Malvasi (3) Oral
350 AN OPERATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE ASSIMILATION OF SATELLITE INFORMATION ON WILD-LAND FIRES FOR THE NEEDS OF AIR QUALITY MODELLING AND FORECASTING Jaakko Kukkonen Finnish Meteorological Institute M. Sofiev* (1), R. Vankevich (2), M. Lanne (1), M. Prank (1), V. Petukhov (2), T. Ermakova (2), J. Kukkonen (1) Oral
352 Urban Air pollution modelling and Management in Ulaanbaatar Li Liu NILU Li Liu*, Steinar Larssen, Sarath Guttikunda Oral
354 MEASUREMENT STRATEGY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF STREET CLEANING AS PM ABATEMENT MEASURE Keng Been Ang Universitaet Stuttgart Guenter Baumbach* (1), Keng Been Ang (1), Dieter Straub (1), Martin Reiser (2), Ulrich Vogt (3), Rainer Kapp (3), Werner Dreher (4), Peter Pesch (5) and Michael Brumbach (6) Oral
356 TIME AND SIZE RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF LONG-RANGE MASS TRANSPORT EPISODES Maurizio Manigrasso ISPESL Antonio Febo (1), Maurizio Manigrasso* (2), Pasquale Avino (2), Fabio Guglielmi (3), Valerio Ciambottini (3) Oral
361 INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY CONTROL POLICIES Enrico Pisoni University of Brescia Claudio Carnevale* (1), Giovanna Finzi (1), Enrico Pisoni (1), Marialuisa Volta (1) Oral
364 A COMPREHENSIVE STOCHASTIC METHODOLOGY TO FORECAST OZONE AND PM10 IN AN URBAN AREA Enrico Pisoni University of Brescia Vikas Singh (1), Claudio Carnevale (1), Giovanna Finzi (1), Enrico Pisoni (1), Marialuisa Volta (1) Oral
367 COMPARISON OF NON-EXHAUST PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS BY TWO MOBILE SYSTEMS Liisa Pirjola Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Liisa Pirjola*(1), Christer Johansson (2), Kaarle Kupiainen (3), Hans Karlsson (2) and Tareq Hussein (4) Oral
380 FLOW AROUND CUBIC OBSTACLES Vladimir Fuka Charles University, Fac. of Math. and Phys. Vladimir Fuka*, Josef Brechler Oral
382 THOR – AN OPERATIONAL AND INTEGRATED MODEL SYSTEM FOR AIR POLLUTION FORECASTING AND MANAGEMENT FROM REGIONAL TO LOCAL SCALE Jørgen Brandt National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark J. Brandt*, J. H. Christensen, L. M. Frohn, C. Geels, K. M. Hansen, G. B. Hedegaard, T. Hvid, M. Hvidberg and C. A. Skjøth Oral
390 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AIR POLLUTION LEVELS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON EUROPE AND THE ARCTIC Jørgen Brandt National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark Hedegaard, G. B., J. Brandt*, J. H. Christensen, L. M. Frohn, C. Geels, K. M. Hansen, Tina Hvid, and C. A. Skjøth Oral
398 ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON AIR POLLUTION LEVELS IN BULGARIA Dimiter Syrakov National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Dimiter Syrakov* (1), Kostadin Ganev (2), Valery Spiridonov (1), Maria Prodanova (1), Andrej Bogatchev (1), Nikolai Miloshev (2), Georgi Jordanov (2) Oral
400 THE CONTRIBUTION OF SHIP EMISSIONS TO AIR POLLUTION IN THE NORTH SEA REGIONS Volker Matthias GKSS Research Center Volker Matthias*(1), Ines Bewersdorff(2), Armin Aulinger(3) and Markus Quante(4) Oral
401 AIR POLLUTION EVENT IN BUENOS AIRES CITY ORIGINATED BY A BIOMASS BURNING FAR FROM THE CITY Laura VENEGAS CONICET - Nat. Tech. Univers. Laura E. Venegas* and Nicolás A. Mazzeo Oral
403 AEROSOL PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS AND METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS IN THE URBAN ATMOSPHERE Hanna Hannuniemi Finnish Meteorological Institute Hanna Hannuniemi* (1), Tareq Hussein (2), Leena Järvi (2), Timo Vesala (2), Markku Kulmala (2) Hanna Hannuniemi* (1), Tareq Hussein (2), Leena Järvi (2), Timo Vesala (2), Markku Kulmala (2) Hanna Hannuniemi* (1), Tareq Hussein (2), Leena Järvi (2), Timo Vesala (2), Markku Kulmala (2) Hanna Hannuniemi* (1), Tareq Hussein (2), Leena Järvi (2), Timo Vesala (2), Markku Kulmala (2) Hanna Hannuniemi* (1), Tareq Hussein (2), Leena Järvi (2), Timo Vesala (2), Markku Kulmala (2) Oral
404 DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATE OF THE PESTICIDES EXPOSURES IN A NON-AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED POPULATION Maurice MILLET University of Strasbourg I / CNRS Guy Auburtin (1), Delphine Teigné (1)*, Olivier Briand (2), Olivier Delhomme (3), Sylvain Dulaurent (4), Maurice Millet (3), Christian Moesch (4), Ludovic Tuduri (5), Lucie Racault (3) Oral
405 FLOW, DISPERSION AND TURBULENT FLUXES IN A STREET INTERSECTION IN CENTRAL LONDON: WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS Matteo Carpentieri University of Surrey Matteo Carpentieri*, Alan G. Robins Oral
413 SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SOURCE TRACERS AND APCS MODELLING FOR THE SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF PM IN THE LAZIO REGION (ITALY) Adriana Pietrodangelo National Research Council of Italy Adriana Pietrodangelo* (1), Silvia Canepari (2), Cinzia Perrino (1) Oral
414 AN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CYPRUS Savvas Kleanthous Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance S. Kleanthous (1), G. Tsegas (2), I. Douros (2) and N. Moussiopoulos* (2) Oral
418 SOURCE APPORTIONMENTS STUDIES IN PARIS AND BEIJING BASED ON VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS Valerie Gros CNRS V. Gros (1)*, C. Gaimoz (1), B. Bonsang (1), F. Herrmann (2), J.Williams (2), O. d Argouges (1), J. Sciare (1), H. Cachier (1), S. Sauvage (3), N. Locoge (3), P. Wang (4) and J. H. Bai (4) Oral
422 EVALUATION OF EFFICIENT MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERPOLATING METAMODELS FOR IMPLEMENTING TWO-WAY MESOSCALE-MICROSCALE COUPLING Georgios Tsegas Aristotle University Thessaloniki G. Tsegas, F. Barmpas*, I. Douros and N. Moussiopoulos Oral
425 EVALUATION OF THE FORECAST VERSION OF THE UNIFIED EMEP MODEL Alvaro Valdebenito B. Norwegian Meteorological Institute Alvaro M. Valdebeito B.*(1), Leonor Tarrason(1), Miha Razinger(2) Oral
426 HOW DOES THE ENVIRONMENTAL ZONE IN COPENHAGEN AFFECT AIR QUALITY OF PM10, PM2.5 AND ULTRAFINE PARTICLES ? Steen Solvang Jensen National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus Steen Solvang Jensen*, Matthias Ketzel, Peter Wåhlin, Finn Palmgren, Ruwim Berkowicz Oral
428 SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL (SOA) FORMATION VIA CLOUD-PROCESSING: A GLOBAL 3D MODELING STUDY Maria KANAKIDOU University of Crete Myriokefalitakis S.(1), Tsigaridis K.(2), Kanakidou M.(1,*) Oral
429 A STUDY OF THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AIR QUALITY AT TWO UK CITIES Maria Athanassiadou Met Office Maria Athanassiadou*(1), David Carruthers(2), William Collins(1), Sofia Girnary(2), David Hassell(3), Matthew Hort(1), Colin Johnson(1), Kate Johnson(2), Richard Jones(3), David Thomson(1), Nicki Trought(2) and Claire Witham(1) Oral
431 THE CITYZEN PROJECT – BRIDGING THE SCALES WITH FOCUS ON MEGACITIES Michael Gauss Norwegian Meteorological Institute Michael Gauss* (1), Markus Amann (2), Bertrand Bessagnet (3), John Burrows (4), Rita Cesari (5), Cathy Clerbaux (6), Stefano Decesari (5), Massimo D’Isidoro (5), Essam A. Elhaliem (7), Maria C. Facchini (5), Ahmed Fahmy (7), Ann M. Fjaeraa (8), Sandro Fuzzi (5), Evangelos Gerasopoulos (9), Claire Granier (6), Angelika Heil (10), Øystein Hov (1), Min Hu (11), Ivar S.A. Isaksen (12), Hermann Jakobs (13), Maria Kanakidou (14), Mehmet Karaca (15), Nilgun Kubilay (16), Zbigniew Klimont (2), Kathy Law (6), Alberto Maurizi (5), Frederik Meleux (3), Michael Memmesheimer (13), Nikos Mihalopoulos (14), Mihaela Mircea (5), Paul Monks (17), Jacques Pelon (6), Michael Petrakis (9), John Remedios (17), Andreas Richter (4), Laurence Rouil (3), Martin Schultz (10), Sjaak Slanina (11), Sverre Solberg (8), Frode Stordal (12), Francesco Tampieri (5), Leonor Tarrason (1), Kjetil Torseth (8), Alper Unal (15), Christos Zerefos (9), Yuanhang Zhang (11) Oral
437 PULMONARY AND SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO VEHICULAR EMISSION Sanghita Roychoudhury Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi Sanghita Roychoudhury* (1), Twisha Lahiri (2), Manas R. Ray (3) and Ramesh C. Trivedi (4) Oral
438 Impact of anthropogenic emission on the temporal and spacial variations of atmospheric CO over Japan Hisashi Yashiro Tohoku University Hisashi Yashiro* (1), Satoshi Sugawara (2), Kengo Sudo (3), Shuji Aoki (1) and Takakiyo Nakazawa (1) Oral
444 Optimisation of the UM-CMAQ modelling system for urban air quality Elizabeth Somervell University of Hertfordshire Elizabeth R. Somervell*, Charles Chemel and Ranjeet S. Sokhi Oral
449 A NATION WIDE GIS BASED APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF EMISSION INVENTORY Varun Bhatt Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Varun Bhatt*, Sailesh N. Behera, Mukesh Sharma and Onkar Dixit Oral
454 CAN DENMARK COMPLY WITH NO2 LIMIT VALUES IN 2010? – A SCENARIO MODELLING STUDY USING OSPM. Matthias KETZEL National Environmental Research Institute, University of Aarhus Matthias Ketzel*, Steen Solvang Jensen, Finn Palmgen Oral
455 Emission factors for particulate matter and nitrogen oxides from combustion of biomass boilers in the sugar mill and alcohol Ana Feitosa CETESB Ana Paula A. Feitosa (1), Lays F.F. Pompiani (2), Waldecyr F. Souza Jr (2), Milton N. Sogabe (1) Oral
458 INVESTIGATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF PRIMARY NO2 EMISSIONS IN NOx CONCENTRATIONS AT THE URBAN AREA OF ATHENS, GREECE Ilias Mavroidis Hellenic Open University Ilias Mavroidis* (1) and Archontoula Chaloulakou (2) Oral
463 HIGH RESOLUTION MODELLING OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY IN TROPOSPHERE Tomas Halenka Charles University Halenka T.*), Huszar P., Belda M. Oral
471 MESOSCALE FLOW AND PARTICULATE MATTER DISPERSION FOR A MEGA-CITY IN A SEMI-ENCLOSED BASIN, TEHRAN, IRAN: OBSERVED FEATURES AND IDEALISED SIMULATIONS Peyman Zawar-Reza University of Canterbury Peyman Zawar-Reza* (1), Basit Khan (1), Abbas Ranjbar (2), and Ebrahim Mirzaei (2) Oral
472 DETERMINATION OF RN-222 FLUX IN KRAKÓW URBAN AREA USING ALPHA SPECTROMETRY AND SODAR MEASUREMENTS. Miroslaw Zimnoch AGH-UST Miroslaw Zimnoch*(1), Jolanta Godłowska(2) Oral
474 AEROSOL AND BC CONTENT IN MEGALOPOLISES AND BACKGROUND REGIONS Mikhail Sviridenkov A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics Mikhail Sviridenkov* (1), Alexander Emilenko (1), Vladimir Kopeikin (1) and Wang Gengchen (2) Oral
483 A HIGH RESOLUTION EMISSION INVENTORY OF PARTICULATE BLACK CARBON (BC) AND ORGANIC CARBON (OC) FOR EUROPE IN 2005 Hugo Denier van der Gon TNO Built Environment and Geosciences Hugo Denier van der Gon*, Antoon Visschedijk, Rianne Droge and Maarten Mulder Oral
485 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL TO CATEGORISE HISTORIC EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTANTS OF PATIENTS NOW REPORTING COPD. Steven Beattie University of Sunderland Beattie, S.A* Oral
486 SOURCE REGION CONTRIBUTIONS TO POPULATION EXPOSURE IN EUROPE Christer Johansson Stockholm University Camilla Andersson (1), Robert Bergström (2) and Christer Johansson* (1) Oral
492 NANOTOXICOLOGY: NANOPARTICLES INTERACT WITH KEY COMPONENTS OF LUNG LINING FLUID Michaela Kendall Birmingham University Michaela Kendall*(1), Ping Ding(1), Kevin Kendall (1), and Howard Clark(2) Oral
493 Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Air Quality Measures: Reductions of NOx Detected from Space Bas Mijling KNMI Bas Mijling* (1), Ronald van der A (1) Oral
494 A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING MINERAL DUSTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH Johann Engelbrecht Desert Research Institute J.P. Engelbrecht* (1), E.V. McDonald, (1) J.A. Gillies (1), A.W. Gertler (1), R.K.M. Jayanty (2), and G. Casuccio (3) Oral
497 RECONSIDERING AIR QUALITY FROM ACIDIFICATION TO PMx POLICIES AND THE RESPONSE TO NEW REGULATORY CHALLENGES Andreas Skouloudis European Commission, Joint Research Centre Andreas N. Skouloudis (*) Oral
498 QUANTIFICATION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE EMISSIONS FROM NON-EXHAUST SOURCES USING TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT MODELLING Samantha Lawrence University of Hertfordshire S.Lawrence* (1), R.S.Sokhi (1) and H.Mao (2) Oral
499 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT - FROM TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Guenter Gaessler IVU Umwelt GmbH Volker Diegmann*, Guenter Gaessler Oral
501 ASSIMILATION OF SATELLITE-RETRIEVED COLUMNS AND GROUND LEVEL OBSERVATIONS OF TROPOSPHERIC COMPOUNDS INTO THE CMAQ CTM MODEL Jaroslav Resler Inst. of Computer Science Jaroslav Resler*, Krystof Eben, Pavel Jurus and Pavel Krc Oral
505 An Investigation of European Particulate Matter Episodes for 2003 Using Regional-scale Modelling, Ground and Satellite Observations Rong-Ming Hu University of Hertfordshire R.-M. Hu(1)*, R.S. Sokhi(1), C. Chemel(1), Y. Yu(2) and B. E. A. Fisher(3) Oral
508 THE AIR QUALITY RESEARCH NEEDS OF SOCIETY Dick van den Hout TNO Dick van den Hout* (1) and Jane Newbold (2) Oral
509 AFFECT OF SEA BREEZE ON AIR POLLUTION IN THE AUCKLAND REGION, NEW ZEALAND Basit Khan University of Canterbury Basit A. Khan*, Peyman Zawar-Reza, Andrew Sturman Oral
510 CAN I TRUST THIS AQ MODEL? - AN OVERVIEW ON APPROACHES USED THROUGHOUT EUROPE FOR ANSWERING THIS QUESTION K. Heinke Schluenzen Univ. of Hamburg K.H. Schlünzen *, Eu-COST728 Oral
511 UNCERTAINTIES AND ESTIMATION OF METHANE EMISSIONS FROM LANDFILLS Suman Mor Panjab University Suman Mor* (1) Khaiwal Ravindra (2), Alex De Visscher (3) Oral
519 COMPARISON OF AIR QUALITY BY CITEAIR AND CHMU INDEX IN PARIS, PRAGUE AND ROTTERAM Maria Kazmukova URM Prague Jan Macoun, Maria Kazmukova*, Karin Leger, Sef van den Elshout Oral
521 THE CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW EU AMBIENT AIR QUALITY DIRECTIVE Andrej Kobe European Commission, DG Environment Andrej Kobe*(1), Andre Zuber(2) Oral
524 APPLICATION AND USE OF DATA COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE UNDER EU AIR QUALITY LEGISLATION Andrej Kobe European Commission, DG Environment Andrej Kobe* Oral
527 INTERPRETING MODELLED CONCENTRATIONS OF SPECIATED PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE UK Charles Chemel University of Hertfordshire C. Chemel* (1), R. S. Sokhi (1), M. J. Newbold (1), G. D. Hayman (2), Y. Yu (1,3), and B. E. A. Fisher (4) Oral
530 BEYOND-ADDITIVE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTANT MIXTURES Dimosthenis Sarigiannis European Commission - Joint Research Centre Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis, Alberto Gotti, Graziella Cimino Reale, Erminio Marafante Oral
532 INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATIONS OF PM2.5 AND PM10 IN EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS (special session: Air Quality and Health) Dimosthenis Sarigiannis European Commission - Joint Research Centre Ioannis Liakos, Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis*, Alberto Gotti Oral
534 NOX EMISSIONS INFERRED FROM SCIAMACHY AND OMI NO2 DATA FOR 2006 Trissevgeni Stavrakou Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy T. Stavrakou (*,1), J-F. Muller (1) Oral
538 WRF SIMULATIONS IN A VALLEY CITY, NORTHWEST CHINA: SENSITIVITY TO BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, NESTING OPTIONS AND GRID RESOLUTIONS Ye YU Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences Ye YU*(1,2), Shihua LU(1), Yanhong Gao(1) and Jinbei Chen(1) Oral
540 A NEW AGRO-ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR FOR CANADA ON AGRICULTURAL PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS Elizabeth Pattey Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Elizabeth Pattey* (1), Guowang Qiu (1&2), Ron van Haarlem (1) and Warren Eilers (3) Oral
541 Effectiveness of ozone abatement policies Jelmer Cnossen Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Jelmer Cnossen*, Frank de Leeuw Oral
544 ONLINE INTEGRATED MESO-SCALE MODELS CONSIDERING AEROSOL-CHEMISTRY-CLOUDS-METEOROLOGY TWO-WAY FEEDBACKS Alexander Baklanov Danish Meteorological Institute Alexander Baklanov and Ulrik Korsholm (Danish Meteorological Institute) Oral
545 CHEMICAL WEATHER FORECASTING: A NEW CONCEPT AND METHODOLOGY Alexander Baklanov Danish Meteorological Institute Alexander Baklanov (Danish Meteorological Institute) Oral
701 Carbon Emissions Constraints in the USA: Perspectives of the Power Sector C Mathai Environmental Policy, Arizona Public Service Company Phoenix, Arizona, U. S. A. And President, Air & C.V. Mathai Oral
702 EVALUATION OF AN INTEGRATED MODELLING SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING URBAN AND REGIONAL PM2.5 CONCENTRATIONS Ari Karppinen 1 Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, FI-00101 2 Russian State Hydrometeorological Ari Karppinen *(1), M. Sofiev (1), M.Prank(1), J.Soares(1), Mari Kauhaniemi (1), Jari Härkönen (1), Anu Kousa (2), P.Siljamo(1), Tarja Koskentalo (2), Päivi Aarnio (2), R. Vankevich (3), M. Lanne(1), J. Koskinen(1), J. Kukkonen(1) Oral
703 INTEGRATED MODELING ASSESSMENTS OF THE POPULATION EXPOSURE IN FINLAND TO PRIMARY PM2.5 FROM TRAFFIC AND DOMESTIC WOOD COMBUSTION ON THE RESOLUTIONS OF 1 AND 10 KM Niko Karvosenoja 1 Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, FI-00101 2 Russian State Hydrometeorological Niko Karvosenoja* (1), Kaarle Kupiainen (1), Leena Kangas (2), Ari Karppinen (2), Mikhail Sofiev (2), Marko Tainio (3), Petri Porvari (1), Jaakko Kukkonen (2), Jouni T. Tuomisto (3), Pauliina Ahtoniemi (3) Oral
704 Atmospheric PAH: Sources, Concentration trends and health risk Ravindra Khaiwal (1)Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research (CAIR), University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield Khaiwal Ravindra (1), Ranjeet Sokhi (1), Radim Sram (2) and Alena Bartonova (3) Oral

110 Poster Papers

IDAbstract Title NameOrganisationAuthorsPresentation
54 UTILIZING THE DATA ON POLLLUTING SUBSTANCES EMISSIONS AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION FOR ATMOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION CONTROL Tatyana Smirnova Research Hydrometeorological Institute (NIGMI) Tatyana Smirnova Poster
69 AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF PERSONAL EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTANTS FOR FOUR URBAN COMMUTER MODES, IN DUBLIN, IRELAND. Aonghus McNabola Trinity College Dublin A.McNabola*, B.M. Broderick and L.W Gill. Poster
71 THE INFLUENCE OF METEROLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND PM10 CONCENTRATIONS ON VISIBILITY OF KATHMANDU VALLEY SHASHANK PANDEY VSBK/CESEF Project Nepal (Government of Nepal/Swiss Developement and Cooperation Shashank Pandey* (1), Dhiraj Giri (2), Ashish Singh (3) Poster
77 DIESEL VEHICLES EMISSION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IN TIANJIN, CHINA Jun Wang Nankai University Jun Wang* (1), Taosheng Jin (1), Zhipeng Bai (1) Poster
78 INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN OXIDES AND TEMPERATURE ON OZONE WEEKEND EFFECT José Pires LEPAE, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto J.C.M. Pires*, F.G. Martins, M.C. Pereira, M.C.M. Alvim-Ferraz Poster
79 CONCENTRATIONS AND STRENGTHS OF FORMALDEHYDE AND ACETALDEHYDE IN OFFICE BUILDINGS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND Maneerat Ongwandee Mahasarakham University Maneerat Ongwandee* (1), Rathakheth Moonrinta (2), Sirima Panyametheekul (3), Chalongkwan Tangbanluekal (4), Glenn Morrison (5) Poster
100 INVESTIGATION OF OZONE CONCENTRATION VARIATIONS AND EXPOSURE IN THE WORKPLACES Vaida Valuntaitė Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vaida Valuntaitė*, Raselė Girgždienė Poster
118 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND SOURCES OF AEROSOLS OVER ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Nikolaos Mihalopoulos University of Crete C. Theodosi (1), U. Im (2), A. Bougiatioti (1), O. Yenigun (2) and N. Mihalopoulos (1)* Poster
123 ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY AND AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT URBAN/MARITIME AEROSOLS OVER MANILA Ernest Macalalad De La Salle University-Dasmarinas Ernest P. Macalalad*(1,2), Maria Cecilia D. Galvez(2), Edgar A. Vallar(2), Hans Walter Chua(2) Poster
143 SEASONAL AND DY-NIGHT VARIATIONS IN THE DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL Cinzia Perrino CNR Cinzia Perrino*, Massimiliano Vardè, Elena Rantica, Tiziana Sargolini Poster
151 ASSESSMENT OF AIRBORNE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN A PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL AREA, THAILAND sarawut thepanondh Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University Sarawut Thepanondh *(1) and Wanida Thongchuai(2) Poster
160 DO CHANGES IN AIR QUALITY CONTRIBUTE TO DECLINES IN HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY? Jan Kysely Institute of Atmospheric Physics AS CR Jan Kysely* (1), Bohumir Kriz (2) Poster
170 PARTITIONING OF CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES BETWEEN SOLID AND GASEOUS PHASES IN ATMOSPHERE Maurice MILLET University of Strasbourg I / CNRS Claude Schummer* (1,2), Elodie Mothiron (1), Anne-Laure Rizet (1), Brice M.R. Appenzeller (2), Robert Wennig (2) and Maurice Millet (1) Poster
177 CHARACTERIZATION OF MAJOR WATER-SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS IN PM2.5 AND PM2.5-10 IN SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL William de Mello Universidade Federal Fluminense Patricia A. de Souza (1), William Z. de Mello* (1), Rauda L. Mariani (1,2), Silvia M. Sella (3) Poster
184 AGE SPECIFIC ESTIMATES OF HOURLY DUST INGESTION RATES FOR CHILDREN INDOORS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH GARDEN OR VEGETABLE GARDEN Johan Bierkens VITO Johan Bierkens*, Christa Cornelis, Mirja Van Holderbeke, Rudi Torfs Poster
186 MEASUREMENT OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS EMITTED BY TRADITIONAL AND IMPROVED COOKING STOVE IN NEPAL Sandeep Shrestha Kathmandu University Kanchan Karki ,*Sona Shakya*, Sandeep Shrestha and **Dhiraj Giri *Kanchan Karki ,*Sona Shakya*, Sandeep Shrestha and **Dhiraj Giri Sandeep shrestha*(1), Kanchan karki(2), Sona Shakya(3), Sanjay Nath Khanal(4), Dhiraj Giri (5) Poster
187 A year-long continuous personal exposure to PM2.5 recorded by a portable nephelometer Martin Branis Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science Martin Branis* and Jana Kolomaznikova Poster
188 AIR QUALITY IN AGGLOMERATIONS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND TRENDS OF AIR POLLUTION BETWEEN 1996–2005 Jana Maznová Czech hydrometeorological institute Jana Maznova Poster
193 REGIONAL AIR QUALITY PLANS: ASSESSMENT OF PLANS EFFICACY THROUGH THE USE OF INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELLING AND OTHER LOCAL MODELS Giovanni Vialetto ENEA G. Vialetto(1), G. Calori(2), I. D’Elia*(1), M. Bencardino(1), C. Contardi(4), I. D’Elia*(1), M. Contaldi(3), F. Sordi(4), P. Radice(2), G. Truffo(4), G. Arduino(4), T. Pittini(2), L. Ciancarella(1), T. Pignatelli(1) Poster
195 Special session “Air Quality and Health” DRUGS OF ABUSE IN ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES IN SPANISH URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Mar Viana CSIC Viana M.* (1,2), Querol X. (1,2), Alastuey A. (1,2), Postigo C. (2), López de Alda M.J. (2), Barceló D.(2,3), B. Artiñano (4) Poster
197 URBAN PM2.5 AEROSOL SOURCE IDENTIFICATION BY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION RELATED TO METEOROLOGICAL DATA URBAN PM2.5 AEROSOL SOURCE IDENTIFICATION BY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION RELATED TO METEOROLOGICAL DATA Jens Laursen University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences Innocent Joy Kwame Aboha*, Dag Henrikssona*, Jens Laursenb, Magnus Lundina, Niels Pindc, Eva Selin Lindgrena and Tomas Wahnströma Innocent Joy Kwame Aboh (1 #), Dag Henriksson (1), Jens Laursen* (2), Magnus Lundin (1), Niels Pind (3), Eva Selin Lindgren (1) and Tomas Wahnström (1) Poster
204 LOCAL SCALE AIR QUALITY FORECASTING Maria Metallo Environmental System Analysis srl, Italy Maria C. Metallo* (1), Francesca Sconosciuto (2), Pierluca Di Giovandomenico (1), Cristina Faricelli (1), Giusepe Martinelli (2), Alessandra Scifo (1), Michele Casciani (2), Attilio A. Poli (1) Poster
208 FACTORS AFFECTING THE INDOOR PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION IN 35 RESIDENCIES OF ATHENS Maria Lianou National Observatory of Athens Μ. Lianou* (1),M. Lazaridis (2), I. Kavouras (3) Poster
210 COMPARISON OF FOUR DUST-BINDING AGENTS USED TO REDUCE PM10 EMISSIONS FROM PAVED ROADS Mats Gustafsson VTI Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute Mats Gustafsson*(1), Göran Blomqvist (1), Martin Ferm (2), Pontus Gruhs (3) Poster
212 HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF AIR POLLUTION IN 3 BELGIAN CITIES Suzanne REMY Scientific Institute of Public Service S. Remy*(1); T. Nawrot(2); C. Bouland(3) Poster
217 CONTRIBUTIONS OF IN-PORT EMISSIONS TO URBAN AIR QUALITY-AN IRISH PERSPECTIVE David Healy University College Cork David Healy*, S. Hellebust, A. Allanic , I. O Connor, J. Wenger and J. Sodeau Poster
219 FIRST RESULT OF AEROSOL SIMULATIONS OVER EUROPE WITH TM5 – M7 Joost Brugh Wageningen University Joost M.J. Aan de Brugh* (1), Maarten C. Krol (2), Martijn Schaap (3) Poster
222 LEVELS OF GAMMA EMITTER RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES IN PM10, PM2.5 AND PM1 PARTICLES IN MADRID (SPAIN) Jesus Castro Catalina Instituto de Salud Carlos III Castro Catalina Jesus*(1), Aragon Santamaria Pilar(1), Sancho Pascual Ana(1), Veiga Ochoa Elena (1), Garcia dos Santos Saul(2), Fernandez Patier Rosalia(2) Poster
224 APPLICATION OF SIMPLE MODELS TO SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS OF AN ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT IN URBAN AREAS Verónica TRICIO Burgos University *Verónica TRICIO, Ramón VILORIA, Alberto MINGUITO Poster
232 SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF SINGLE PARTICLES AT AN URBAN PORT SITE, CORK, IRELAND Robert Healy University College Cork Robert Healy*, Stig Hellebust, Arnaud Allanic, Ivan Kourtchev, David Healy, Ian O’Connor, John Wenger and John Sodeau Poster
233 ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSPORT POLICY EFFECT ON CO2 EMISSIONS USING A SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODEL Haibo Chen University of Leeds Shuang Liu (1), Haibo Chen* (2), Mark Birkin (3), Baohua Mao (1) and Jinyi Guo (1) Poster
240 DEVELOPMENT OF 3D NUMERICAL ADVECTION-DIFFUSION MODEL Osvaldo de Moraes UFSM Hans R. Zimermann, Osvaldo L. L. Moraes(*), Cláudio Teichrieb, Rita C. M. Alves Poster
241 Capability of Raman lidar for monitoring the atmospheric air in Cubatão City Capability of Raman lidar for monitoring the atmospheric air in Cubatão City in Cubatão City Juliana Steffens USP Juliana Steffens*(1), Eduardo Landulfo(2), Roberto Guardani(1), Andréia Moreira(3) Poster
242 COMPARING THE WEEKEND AND WEEKDAY OZONE LEVELS IN TIRANA AREA Manjola Banja Polytechnical University of Tirana, Institute of Energy, Water and Environment Manjola Banja*(1); Dimitris K.Papanastasiou (2);Dimitris Melas (3) Poster
245 Respective contribution of aerial and root uptake processes in the contamination of edible plants by metals Philippe Ciffroy EDF Ciffroy P.* Poster
262 EVALUATION OF A MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL FOR THE FORECASTING OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF NOx AND PM10 in ATHENS AND HELSINKI Areti Vlahogianni University of Ioannina Areti Vlahogianni1*, 1Pavlos Kassomenos, 2Ari Karppinen, 2Mikhail Sofiev and 2Jaakko Kukkonen Poster
267 INVESTIGATION OF PM10 "BACKGROUND" CONCENTRATIONS USING SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS IN SOUTHERN STYRIA Silvia Vogelsang Graz University of Technology Silvia Vogelsang (1)*, Marlene Hinterhofer(2) and Peter Sturm (3) Poster
271 POLICY ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM: DECREE ON AIR POLLUTION CHARGE Thang Nguyen Institute for Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Van Tai (1), Nguyen Trung Thang*(1), Benoit Laplante(2), Phan Quynh Nhu(3) Poster
272 A NEW APPROACH FOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING USING REMOTE SENSING AND IN-SITU DATA IN SOUTH TYROL Marcello Petitta Eurac, European Academy Marcello Petitta*, Christoph Popp, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Christian Steurer, Marc Zebisch Poster
273 EVALUATION OF A CFD MODEL USING PASSIVE SAMPLING IN AN URBAN STREET CANYON Sotiris Vardoulakis London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Efisio Solazzo (1), Sotiris Vardoulakis* (2), Xiaoming Cai (1) Poster
274 A BIOGENIC NMVOCs EMISSION MODEL Anastasia Poupkou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Anastasia Poupkou* (1), Theodoros Giannaros (1), Dimitrios Melas (1) and Christos Zerefos (2) Poster
284 MEASURING THE AIR QUALITY EFFECTS OF A VEGETATION WIND BREAK ALONG A HIGHWAY Aline Kraai ECN Aline Kraai * (1), Alex Vermeulen(1), Jan Duyzer(2), Annette Pronk(3) Poster
285 INTEGRATED MODEL FOR ESTIMATION OF THE ANNUAL PM10 EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN IN ROME, ITALY Claudio Gariazzo ISPESL Claudio Gariazzo1*, Otto Hänninen2, Andrea Amicarelli1, Armando Pelliccioni1, Camillo Silibello3, Roberto Sozzi4 and Matti Jantunen2 Poster
292 APPLICATION OF THE US EPA MODELS 3 SYSYTEM FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF HIGH PM10 LEVELS EPISODES Kostadin Ganev Geophysical Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Angelina Todorova* (1), Georgi Gadzhev (1), Georgi Jordanov (1), Kostadin Ganev (1), Dimiter Syrakov (2), Nikolai Miloshev (1), Maria Prodanova (2) Poster
294 APPLICATION OF TWO ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANS DISPERSION SOFTWARE IN A CONTINUOUS PUNCTUAL SOURCE Cuesta Osvaldo Meteorological Institute of Cuba Cuesta, O. , Collazo, A. , Wallo, A. , Montes de Oca, L., Rodríguez, R., Pierra, A., Tricio, V.* Poster
296 TRENDS IN AIR QUALITY IN SWEDISH CITIES FROM 20 YEARS OF MEASUREMENTS Karin Persson IVL the Swedish environmental research institute Karin Persson*, Karin Sjöberg Poster
302 MEASUREMENTS OF ALDEHYDES IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF SILESIA REGION Marianna Czaplicka Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals Marianna Czaplicka*(1,2), Halina Pyta (3) Poster
304 THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN HEALTH – A RETROGRADE SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS Hans-Guido Mücke Federal Environment Agency Carolin Sperk* (1), Hanna Zell (2), David Groneberg (2) and Hans-Guido Mücke (1) Poster
309 INFLUENCES OF AIR POLLUTION AND WEATHER ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN LISBON, PORTUGAL Sofia Almeida Health Science Faculty, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Sofia Pinto de Almeida* (1), Elsa Casimiro (2,3) Poster
310 ROAD PRICING IN THE CITY OF MILAN: IMPACTS ASSESSMENT ON AIR QUALITY Silvia Moroni AMA Mobility & Environment Agency of Milan Silvia Moroni* and Simone Casadei Poster
315 SEASONAL PATTERNS IN VENTILATION AND PM INFILTRATION IN EUROPEAN CITIES: COMPARISON OF AVAILABLE STUDIES Otto Hänninen KTL Otto Hänninen(1), Gerard Hoek(2), Sandra Mallone(3), Elisabetta Chellini(3), Klea Katsouyanni(4), Nino Kuenzli(5), and Matti Jantunen(1) Poster
321 INVESTIGATION OF TROPOSPHERIC OZONE LEVELS IN URBAN AND SEMI – URBAN AREAS OF ISTANBUL Ulaş İm Bogazici University Ulaş İm (1), Adil Tek (2), Tayfun Kındap (3), Selahattin İncecik (4), Sema Topçu (4), Orhan Yenigün (1), M. Talat Odman (5), Mete Tayanç (6) Poster
337 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC POLLUTANTS AT ALİAĞA, TURKEY Mihriban Civan Middle East Technical University Mihriban CİVAN*(1),Tolga ELBİR(2), Remzi SEYFİOĞLU(2), Sait SOFUOĞLU(3), Abdurrahman BAYRAM(2), Aysen MÜEZZİNOĞLU(2), Mustafa ODABAŞI(2), Gürdal TUNCEL(1) Poster
339 Investigation of Passive Sampling of NO2 and O3 in Ambient Air and Determination of the Effects of Meteorological Parameters to the Uptake Rate Elif Bayındır Abant Izzet Baysal University Elif. Bayındır* (1), G. Tuncel (2), S.tuncel (3) Poster
342 MOBILE BLACK CARBON MEASUREMENTS FOR SOURCE APPORTIONMENT IN WOOD SMOKE RELATED AIR POLLUTION EPISODES IN NEW ZEALAND Gustavo Olivares NIWA Science Gustavo Olivares(1), Jeff Smith(1), Jeff Bluett(1), Peyman Zawar-Reza*(2) Poster
343 FRACTIONAL COMPOSITION OF AMBIENT AEROSOL AND MASS DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLE-ASSOCIATED PAHs AMONG THE AEROSOL FRACTIONS IN A HEAVILY INDUSTRIALIZED TOWN IN POLAND Krzysztof Klejnowski Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences K. Klejnowski(1)*, A. Krasa(1), W. Rogula-Kozłowska(1), B. Kozielska(2) Poster
345 EVALUATION OF THE INTAKE FRACTIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN ANTHROPOGENIC PM2.5 EMISSIONS AND POPULATIONS Jaakko Kukkonen Finnish Meteorological Institute Marko Tainio (1), Mikhail Sofiev (2), Mika Hujo (1), Jouni T. Tuomisto (1), Miranda Loh (1), Matti J. Jantunen (1), Ari Karppinen (2), Leena Kangas (2), Niko Karvosenoja (3), Kaarle Kupiainen (3), Petri Porvari (3), Jaakko Kukkonen* (2) Poster
349 BLACK CARBON CONCENTRATION IN PM2.5 SAMPLES FROM SAMPLING SITES IN BEIJING, CHINA Nina Schleicher University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Nina Schleicher* (1), Stefan Norra (1), Chai Fahe (2), Chen Yizhen (2), Wang Shulan (2), Cen Kuang (3), Mathieu Fricker (4), Doris Stüben (1) Poster
353 AN ANALYSIS OF PM2.5 LEVELS AND COMPOSITION IN MADRID (SPAIN) IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW EUROPEAN LEGISLATION Begoña Artiñano CIEMAT Begoña Artiñano*, Pedro Salvador Poster
365 CORRECTION OF PM10 MEASUREMENT FROM TEOM USING FDMS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN STOCKHOLM Michael Norman SLB-Analys Michael Norman* (1), Christer Johansson (2), Magnus Brydolf (1), Billy Sjövall (1) and Hans Areskoug (2) Poster
378 INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND PERSONAL EXPOSURES IN RURAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH Muhammed Rahman Jahangirnagar University M. Shafiq-Ur Rahman * (1), Kasphia Nahrin (2) Poster
381 SELECTED RESULTS ON A NON-CFD MODEL EVALUATION EXERCISE Martin Piringer Central Institute for Meteorology (ZAMG) Martin Piringer*, Kathrin Baumann-Stanzer Poster
384 IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEA TRAFFIC TO THE NITROGEN DEPOSITION TO THE BALTIC SEA Marke Hongisto Finnish Meteorological Institute Marke Hongisto Poster
385 Measurement of biomass burnings from the Amazon Forest and countryside of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, through a LIDAR system Glauber Mariano INPE Glauber L. Mariano*(1); Fabio J.S. Lopes(2); Eduardo Landulfo(2); Maria P.P.M Jorge(1) Poster
386 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMICAL WEATHER ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY Tim Butler Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Tim Butler* and Mark Lawrence Poster
387 SUMMERTIME MEASUREMENTS OF AIR QUALITY IN ATHENS, USING THE DOAS TECHNIQUE. Basil Psiloglou National Observatory of Athens M. Petrakis(1,*), B. Psiloglou(1) and P. Kassomenos(2) Poster
388 MEASUREMENT OF PM2.5 AND NO2 IN MULTIPLE MICROENVIRONMENTS AT FOUR SCHOOLS ACROSS TWO BORDER CITIES IN NORTH AMERICA AMIT RAYSONI THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO Amit U. Raysoni*(1), Wen-Whai Li (1) (2), Jeremy A.Sarnat (3), Stefanie E. Sarnat (3), Fernando Holguin (3), Jośe Humberto Garcia (2), Hector A. Olvera (2), Mario I. Garcia (2) Poster
389 MEGACITY AIR POLLUTION: RECENT AND ONGOING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY Tim Butler Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Tim Butler* (1), Bhola R. Gurjar (2), Jos Lelieveld (1) and Mark Lawrence (1) Poster
392 Indoor air in elementary schools – microclimate and suspended particles Helena Kazmarova National Institute of Public Health M. Mikešová, B. Kotlík and H. Kazmarová Poster
393 AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN AOSTA VALLEY REGION Tiziana Magri ARPA Valle d'Aosta Tiziana Magri(1), Giordano Pession(1) , Faure Ragani Massimo(1), Manuela Zublena(1), Giovanni Agnesod(1), Liliana Cazaban(2), Davide Volpe(2) Poster
395 CHARACTERISATION OF PARTICLE-PHASE WOOD SMOKE TRACER COMPOUNDS IN AMBIENT AIR OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA Md. Aynul Bari Universitaet Stuttgart Md. Aynul Bari* (1), Guenter Baumbach (1), Bertram Kuch (2), Guenter Scheffknecht (1) Poster
397 AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE (CANARY ISLANDS) 2000-2007 Celia Milford Izaña Atmospheric Research Center Celia Milford * (1, 2), Carlos Marrero (1), Cristina Martin (1), Yenny González (1, 3), Sergio Rodríguez (1, 4), Xavier Querol (2) and Emilio Cuevas (1) Poster
399 Impact on air quality of a 90 km/h speed limit during PM10 episodes Stijn Janssen VITO Stijn Janssen* (1), Karen Van de Vel (1), Wouter Lefebvre (1), Peter Viaene (1), Frea Blommaert (2), Guido Cosemans (1), Koen De Ridder (1), Ina De Vlieger (1), Frans Fierens (3), Clemens Mensink (1), Liesbeth Schrooten (1), Jean Vankerkom (1) and Tania Van Mierlo (4) Poster
406 NEIGHBOURHOOD SCALE MODELS FOR FLOW AND DISPERSION IN URBAN AREAS Matteo Carpentieri University of Surrey Matteo Carpentieri*, Alan G. Robins Poster
409 CORRELATIVE STUDIES BETWEEN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS LINKED TO AIR QUALITY ON FRENCH RIVIERA Pierre SICARD ACRI-ST Antoine Mangin* (1), Patrick Malléa (2), Pierre Sicard (1), Florence Lieutier (2), Pierre Hébel (2), Olivia Lesne (1) and Romain Loutier (1). Poster
411 A SIMPLE MODEL FOR WIND AND POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION PREDICTIONS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE Silvana Di Sabatino University of Salento Silvana Di Sabatino* (1), Riccardo Buccolieri (1), Paolo Paradisi (2), Luigi Palatella (2), Raffaele Corrado (1,2) and Efisio Solazzo (3) Poster
415 CHARACTERIZATION OF URBAN AEROSOL SOURCES IN DEBRECEN, HUNGARY Zsófia Kertész Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hunagrian Academy of Sciences Zsófia Kertész *, Zoltán Szoboszlai, Erik Dobos, Ildikó Borbély-Kiss Poster
416 MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF REAL CITIES AND ITS ROLE ON WIND AND DISPERSION MODELLING Laura Leo University of Salento Silvana Di Sabatino(1), Laura Sandra Leo*(1), Rosella Cataldo (1), Carlo Filippo Ratti (2), Rex Edward Britter (3) Poster
420 USING SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF MEGACITIES ON AIR POLLUTION Andreas Richter Institute of Environmental Physics Andreas Richter*, Joana Leitao, Andreas Hilboll, Folkard Wittrock, Mihalis Vrekoussis, and John P. Burrows Poster
421 FAIRMODE – A EUROPEAN MODELLING NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW AIR QUALITY DIRECTIVE Nicolas Moussiopoulos Aristotle University Thessaloniki N. Moussiopoulos* (1), P. Dilara (2), A. Lükewille (3), B. Denby (4), I. Douros (1), E. Fragkou (1) and E. Georgieva (2) Poster
424 EMISSION INVENTORY OF THE CITY OF MILAN: ASSESSING MAIN EMISSION SOURCES WITH THE BOTTOM-UP APPROACH Silvia Moroni AMA Mobility & Environment Agency of Milan Moroni S.* (1), Casadei S. (1), Bedogni M. (1), Colombo A. (1), Papetti M. (1), Lavecchia C. (2) Poster
427 EVALUATION AND APPLICATION OF A STATISTICAL MODEL FOR ASSESSMENT OF LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTED PROPORTION OF PM2.5 Jaakko Kukkonen Finnish Meteorological Institute Jaakko Kukkonen* (1), Ranjeet Sokhi (2), Lakhu Luhana (2), Jari Härkönen (1), Timo Salmi (1), Mikhail Sofiev (1) and Ari Karppinen (1) Poster
432 HIGH RESOLUTION MODELLING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AIR QUALITY FORECAST SYSTEM IN MEDITERRANEAN URBAN AREA. Frédéric PRADELLE NUMTECH PRADELLE F.*, ARMENGAUD. A., BROCHETON F. Poster
433 Parameterisation of aircraft induced mixing in a mesoscale model Malte Uphoff University of Hamburg Malte Uphoff K. Heinke, Schluenzen Poster
439 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN EL CESAR COAL ZONE (COLOMBIA) AND ANALYSIS OF DATA OF ITS AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK Francisco Leal K2 Ingeniería Ltda. Francisco A. Leal* (1), Manuel I. Amaya (1), Wilson Pérez (2) Poster
441 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS OF PERSONAL EXPOSURE IN THE GREATER DUBLIN AREA Andrew Mc Creddin Trinity College Dublin Andrew Mc Creddin* (1), Aonghus Mc Nabola (2), Laurence Gill (3) Poster
446 PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTANTS MEASUREMENTS IN BURGOS (SPAIN) WITH A DOAS SYSTEM Ramón Viloria University of Burgos Ramón Viloria (*), Verónica Tricio Poster
456 USING OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING METHODS TO EVALUATE THE AERMOD DISPERSION MODEL IN A MEXICAN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Ann Wellens FI-UNAM Ann Wellens* (1), Frank Cabrera (2), Roberto Basaldud (2) and Michel Grutter (2) Poster
461 DEPOSITION OF PARTICLES TO VARIOUS URBAN SURFACES Marcel Langner Humboldt-University Berlin Marcel Langner* Wilfried Endlicher Poster
469 CCATT-BRAMS MODELING SYSTEM: NUMERICAL TOOLS AND TRANS-BOUNDARY POLLUTION OVER SOUTH AMERICA Saulo Freitas Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) S. Freitas (1), K. Longo *(1), L. Rodrigues (1), M. Pirre (2), V. Marecal (2), M. Alonso (1), J-M. Harriot. Poster
475 THE INFLUENCE OF THE MIXED LAYER ON THE DISPERSION OF POLLUTANTS EMMITED FROM POWER PLANTS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN OF ISRAEL Vardina Hubner The Hebrew University in Jerusalem Hubner Vardina*(1) Dayan Uri(2) and Isaac Mahrer(1) Poster
476 Integrated Air Quality Monitoring - the combined use of measurements and model calculations Ole Hertel National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) Ole Hertel*, Thomas Ellermann, Finn Palmgren, Ruwim Berkowicz, Per Løfstrøm, Lise Marie Frohn, Camilla Geels, Carsten Ambelas Skjøth, Jørgen BRandt, Jesper Christensen, Kåre Kemp, Matthias Ketzel Poster
477 INVESTIGATIONS OF AEROSOL POLLUTION IN ANTARCTIC REGION IN THE 53 RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Svetlana Terpugova Institute of Atmospheric Optics S.A. Terpugova*, V.V. Pol'kin, M.V. Panchenko, V.P. Shmargunov Poster
480 MODELLING AND VALIDATION MEASUREMENT OF AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS CONSIDERING THE EXPANSION OF SOLID BIOFUEL USE IN SMALL-SCALE FIRINGS FOR HOUSE HEATING Guenter Baumbach Universitaet Stuttgart Guenter Baumbach*(1), Winfried Juschka(1), Michael Struschka (1), Maria Carrasco (1), Keng Been Ang (1), Lupin Hu (1), Guenter Scheffknecht (1), Wolfgang Baechlin (2), Christine Soergel(2), Alfred Trukenmueller(3) Poster
487 AUGMENTATION AND OPTIMISATION OF AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK FOR MAHARASHTRA STATE IN INDIA Ajay Deshpande Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Ajay A. Deshpande (a) and Mrs. K. Pilley (b) b Scientific Officer, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Mumbai, INDIA Poster
490 IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION FOR DECISION MAKING ON AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH IN EUROPE (APHEKOM) Hanns Moshammer Medical University Vienna Christophe Declercq(1), Bertil Forsberg(2), Patrick Goodman(3), Nino Kunzli(4), Sylvia Medina(1), Hanns Moshammer*(5), Manuel Nebot(6), Yorkos Remvikos(7) Poster
491 ENERGY RELATED AIR POLLUTION IN TURKEY: A PRELIMINARY AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF BURSA Michaela Kendall Uludag University/TUBITAK Dr. M. Kendall*(1,2), S Ucakli(1) and Prof. S. Gucer(1,2) Poster
512 AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY - EXAMPLES OF HOW WEATHER INFLUENCES URBAN AIR QUALITY IN THE UK TURKI HABEEBULLAH UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA Turki Habeebullah* (1), Steve Dorling (2) and Phil Govier (3) Poster
513 ASSIMILATION OF SATELLITE AND CONVENTIONAL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE SIMULATION OF MONSOON DEPRESSION OVER INDIA USING A MESOSCALE MODEL-A SENSITIVITY STUDY Xavier Francis University of Hertfordshire V. F. Xavier*(1), A. Chandrasekher(2),R.Sokhi(1) Poster
514 CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC FINE AEROSOLS Ravindra Khaiwal University of Hertfordshire Khaiwal Ravindra* (1), Rene Van Grieken (2) and Ranjeet Sokhi (1) Poster
516 IMPACT OF OZONE ON CHILDHOOD ASTHMA Sofia Sousa Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto Sofia I. V. Sousa*, M. Conceição M. Alvim-Ferraz, Fernando G. Martins, M. Carmo Pereira Poster
517 STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: HEALTH ISSUES LINKED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES Marguerite Newbold University of Hertfordshire M.Jane Newbold, Ravindra Khaiwal, Ranjeet Sokhi Poster
520 BTX LEVELS IN HIGH LOAD TRAFFIC AREA IN BELGRADE Milena Jovasevic-Stojanovic Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences Ivan Grzetic (1), Snezana Matic-Besarabic*(2), Milena Jovasevic-Stojanovic (3), Anka Filipovic (2) Poster
523 A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN HOURLY, DAILY AND MONTHLY CONCENTRATIONS OF NOx AND O3 IN THE EXPANDED CENTRE OF SAO PAULO CITY/BRAZIL Mirian Gutjahr Geological Institute Mirian Ramos Gutjahr* (1), Jessika Fluckiger Dupre Rabello(2) Poster
525 PM10 CONCENTRATION IN THE OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF TRAFFIC POLICE PERSONNEL IN THE POKHARA SUB-METROPOLITAN CITY OF NEPAL Ahmad Majumder Kathmandu University Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder *(1), Ashish Bashyal (2) and Sanjay Nath Khanal (3) Poster
528 THE ABILITY OF MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODELS - DRIVING CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS - TO PREDICT THE VERTICAL PROFILES OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS – COST728 EVALUATION STUDY Sven-Erik Gryning Risoe DTU Ekaterina Batchvarova, Sven-Erik Gryning Poster
529 LEUKEMIA RISK DUE TO AMBIENT AIR BENZENE EXPOSURE: THE EFFECT OF TRAFFIC Dimosthenis Sarigiannis European Commission - Joint Research Centre Spyros P. Karakitsios (1), Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis* (1), Alberto Gotti (1), Pavlos A. Kassomenos (2), Georgios A. Pilidis (3) Poster
536 THE PREDICTION OF TOXIC FUGITIVE DUST DISPERSION DURING SOIL REMEDIATION CONSTRUCTION WORKS USING FDM MODEL. Giannis Panagopoulos SIBILLA LTD I.Panagopoulos1*, A.Karayannis1 , P. Kassomenos1, G.Gouvalias2, E.Gaki2, K.Adam2 Poster
539 ORIGIN OF PM10 AND PM2.5 IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ATMOSPHERE Mustafa Koçak IMS-METU Mustafa Koçak* (1), Nikos Mihalopoulos (2), Nilgün Kubilay (1) Poster
542 EXPOSURE RISK ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR EMITTED DIOXINS IN TAIPEI METROPOLITAN AREA Luke Chen Tamkang University Luke Chen * (1), Kon-Zon Cheng (2) Poster