Upload
others
View
4
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
C-CAPS RESEARCH FACILITIES
Mace Head Atmospheric Research SupersiteThe Mace Head Atmospheric Station contributes to the followinginternational programmes: Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW), EuropeanMonitoring & Evaluation Programme (EMEP), several EU IntegratedInfrastructure Initiatives (EUSAAR, GEOMON, IMECC), and other EUResearch Projects such as PARFORCE, MAP, EUCAARI, and ACCENT.Facilities include state-of-the-art aerosol and gas instrumentation, cloudand wave radar instrumentation, aerosol and meteorological profilers,micrometeorological flux equipment, and a marine meteorology andchemistry buoy facility deployed by the Marine Institute.www.macehead.org
Atmosphere-Ocean Modelling & Informatics FacilityComprises a range of atmospheric and oceanic models, including
regional climate models with atmospheric composition, coupledocean models, stand-alone process models, and GIS
informatics systems. These models are used toprovide quantitative predictions
underpinning policy development.
Chemical Combustion FacilityThe facility supports research into fossil fuel and biofuel combustionwith the aim of improving energy efficient engine and gas turbinesystems design and of evaluating the impact of their use ontoxic and greenhouse gas emissions.www.c3.nuigalway.ie www.nuigalway.ie/c-caps/
The Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS)Environmental Change Institute
National University of Ireland, Galway
Director: Professor Colin O’Dowd (B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., C.Phys., F.Inst.P, F.Roy.Met.Soc.)
Phone: +353 91 493306 Email: [email protected]
Education and Outreach: Dr. Sarah KnightPhone: + 353 91 495061
Email: [email protected]
TT-COC-002507
C-CAPS
C-CAPS
Ionad Aeráide agus Truailliú Aeir
Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies
C-CAPS_brochure_AW 31/03/2009 17:10 Page 1
The Centre for Climate and Air PollutionStudies (C-CAPS) is one of four thematic research centres of NUIGalway’s Environmental Change Institute. The Centre consolidatesresearch interests in the areas of climate change and air pollution,enabling physical, chemical, and biological research, socio-economicimpacts, and policy development.
Research is organized into five themes:
� Climate Change� Atmospheric Composition� Air Quality� Atmosphere-Ocean Exchange� Climate-Ecosystem Interactions
Supporting research facilities include:
� Mace Head Atmospheric Research Supersite� Atmosphere-Ocean Modelling & Informatics Facility� Chemical Combustion Facility
C-CAPS aims to promote durable and sustainable multi- and inter- disciplinary research with the aim of delivering the most informedquantification and predictive assessments of climate change andimpacts of air pollution.
C-CAPS RESEARCH THEMES
Climate Change· Regional Climate Modelling and Predictions· Air Quality-Climate Interactions· Climate-Ecosystem Interactions
Atmospheric Composition· Measurements and Modelling of Aerosol Formation and Transformation· Aerosol-Cloud Interactions· Reactive and Trace Gas Cycling· Combustion Chemistry· Anthropogenic Fuel Emissions
Air Quality· Measurements of Urban and Regional Air Quality· Air Quality Modelling· Quantification of Long-Range and Hemispheric Transport of Pollutants
· Indoor Air Quality and Occupational Hygiene
Atmosphere-Ocean Exchange· Biogeochemical Cycling· Air-Sea Fluxes of Greenhouse and Reactive Gases· Air-Sea Fluxes of Aerosols· Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modelling· Modelling of Tidal Surges and Flooding
Climate-Ecosystem Interactions· Impacts of Marine Algae on Climate· Impacts of Pollution and Environmental Change on Ecosystems
C-CAPS
C-CAPS_brochure_AW 31/03/2009 17:10 Page 2