Ground-level ozone concentrations in the atmospheric boundary layer over Spain are still exceeding thresholds established in EU legislation to protect human health and prevent damage to ecosystems. The increasing role that air quality models play in air quality management requires comparison between model results and previous observations in order ...
Well documented adverse health effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) stimulate intensive research aimed at understanding and forecasting its behaviour. Forecasting of PM levels is commonly performed with either statistical or deterministic chemistry-transport models (CTM). In this study, we investigate advantages of combining deterministic an...
Within a European biomonitoring programme, Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) was employed as accumulative bioindicator of airborne trace elements (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Sb, V, Zn) in urban agglomerations. Applying a highly standardised method, grass cultures were exposed for consecutive periods of four weeks each to ambient air at up...
De nos jours, l'utilisation du bois en tant que combustible est relativement répandue en France et dans le monde entier. L'augmentation du prix du pétrole et des autres sources d'énergie épuisables va certainement engendrer dans les années à venir une contribution accrue du chauffage domestique au bois. L'utilisation de cette source d'énergie renou...
The current state of the art in three-dimensional chemistry-transport models allows them to be considered as mature and reliable enough to be combined with observations networks for implementing integrated air quality monitoring systems over large territories. A cooperative initiative of four research and operational organizations in France has led...
For the first time, the long-term evaluation of an operational real-time air quality forecasting and analysis system is presented, using error statistics over 3 consecutive years. This system, called PREV'AIR, is the French air quality forecasting and monitoring system. It became operational in 2003 as a result of a cooperation between several publ...
As a result of the Clean Air for Europe program and the implementation of the new thematic strategy on air pollution, fine particles PM2.5 are bound to take an increasing part in future European and national regulations. Limit values and long term quality objectives will be set for this pollutant which raises concerns for public health. In that con...
