General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

Markku Kulmala, Ari Asmi, H. K. Lappalainen, Urs Baltensperger, Jean-Louis Brenguier, Cristina Facchini, H.-C. Hansson, Øystein Hov, Colin O'Dowd, U. Pöschl, A. Wiedensohler, Reinout Boers, Olivier Boucher, G. de Leeuw, H.A.C. Denier van der Gon, Johann Feichter, R. Krejci, P. Laj, H. Lihavainen, Ulrike Lohmann, Gordon McFiggans, Thomas Mentel, C. Pilinis, Ilona Riipinen, Michael Schulz, Andreas Stohl, Erik Swietlicki, Elisabetta Vignati, C. Alves, M. Amann, M. Ammann, Sylvester Arabas, P. Artaxo, H. Baars, D.C.S. Beddows, R. Bergström, J. P. Beukes, Merete Bilde, John Faulkner Burkhart, F. Canonaco, S. L. Clegg, H. Coe, S. Crumeyrolle, Barbara D'Anna, S. Decesari, S. Gilardoni, M. Fischer, Ann-Mari Fjæraa, C. Fountoukis, C. George, L. Gomes, P. Halloran, T. Hamburger, R. M. Harrison, H. Herrmann, T. Hoffmann, Corinna Hoose, M. Hu, A. Hyvärinen, U. Hõrrak, Y. Iinuma, Trond Iversen, M. Josipovic, Maria Kanakidou, A. Kiendler-Scharr, Alf Kirkevåg, G. Kiss, Z. Klimont, P. Kolmonen, M. Komppula, Jon Egill Kristjansson, L. Laakso, A. Laaksonen, L. Labonnote, V. A. Lanz, K. E. J. Lehtinen, L. V. Rizzo, R. Makkonen, H. E. Manninen, G. McMeeking, J. Merikanto, A. Minikin, S. Mirme, W. T. Morgan, E. Nemitz, D. O'Donnell, T. S. Panwar, H. Pawlowska, A. Petzold, J. J. Pienaar, C. Pio, C. Plass-Duelmer, A. S. H. Prévôt, S. Pryor, C. L. Reddington, G. Roberts, Daniel Rosenfeld, J. Schwarz, Øyvind Seland, K. Sellegri, X. J. Shen, M. Shiraiwa, H. Siebert, Berko Sierau, David Simpson, J. Y. Sun, D. Topping, Peter Tunved, P. Vaattovaara, V. Vakkari, J. P. Veefkind, A. Visschedijk, H. Vuollekoski, R. Vuolo, B. Wehner, J. Wildt, S. Woodward, D. R. Worsnop, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, A. A. Zardini, K. Zhang, P. G. van Zyl, V.-M. Kerminen, K. S. Carslaw, S. N. Pandis

Publikasjonsdetaljer

Publikasjonstype: Vitenskapelig artikkel

Tidsskrift: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)

Volum: 11

Utgave: 24

Sider: 13061-13143

Original versjon/DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-13061-2011

NVA: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2384476

Sammendrag:

In this paper we describe and summarize the main achievements of the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions project (EUCAARI). EUCAARI started on 1 January 2007 and ended on 31 December 2010 leaving a rich legacy including: (a) a comprehensive database with a year of observations of the physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosol particles over Europe, (b) comprehensive aerosol measurements in four developing countries, (c) a database of airborne measurements of aerosols and clouds over Europe during May 2008, (d) comprehensive modeling tools to study aerosol processes fron nano to global scale and their effects on climate and air quality. In addition a new Pan-European aerosol emissions inventory was developed and evaluated, a new cluster spectrometer was built and tested in the field and several new aerosol parameterizations and computations modules for chemical transport and global climate models were developed and evaluated. These achievements and related studies have substantially improved our understanding and reduced the uncertainties of aerosol radiative forcing and air quality-climate interactions. The EUCAARI results can be utilized in European and global environmental policy to assess the aerosol impacts and the corresponding abatement strategies.