Status of the projectand end report issues

Final meeting

23 October 2009

Beijing

Status

• First annual report has been accepted (as far as I know).

• Activities are finished, final report has to be made.

• Extension of the project till 30 November 2009: Final report due half January, but preferable much earlier.

1 September 2007 Start AMFIC 26 October 2007 Kick-off meeting at De Bilt 1 March 2008 Start validation activities 21-25 April 2008 Dragon symposium, Progress meeting Beijing

start of DRAGON II 13-14 May 2008 Progress meeting Thessaloniki 8-25 August 2008 Olympic Games : lot of media attention 16-17 October 2008 Mid-term meeting in Beijing 24 June 2009 Progress meeting Barcelona / DRAGON-2

symp. 23 October 2009 User workshop & final meeting Beijing 26-27 October 2009 RAQM symposium End 2009 Final reporting

April 2012 End DRAGON II

Timeline / milestones

Highlights: media attention Beijing 2008

• September 2008Belgium magazine Fedra (Dutch, French).

• 13 August 2008 Wall Street Journal: Air Pollution in Beijing

• 9 August 2008 New York Times: Assessing the Air in Beijing

• 5 August 2008 TV item at VRT 1 (B): VITO voorspelt lucht in Peking

• 5 August 2008 TV item at RTL (F): La pollution de Pékin surveillée par des Belges!

• 4 August 2008 TV item at RTBF (F): Des scientifiques belges aux JO de Pékin.

• 5 August 2008 Press release VITO: Air quality forecast for Beijing during the Olympic Games.

• 29 July 2008 Press release BIRA-IASB: BIRA to Olympic Games in Beijing

• 22 July 2008 Press release KNMI (NL): Weer en luchtkwaliteit Olympische Spelen in China.

• 22 July 2008 ESA portal story: Air Quality Forecasts for China.

Public outreach

• Direct contact with users:– Air quality organisations in Shenyang– Ministry of Enviromental Protection– Beijing Capital Normal University– Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau

• Results available on web-site www.amfic.eu

Web-statistics

Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009

Totaal 3743 9072 6050 5636 3643 4244

articles 224 162 147 128 152 147

bulletin 1073 1420 1020 612 627 651

forecast.php 44 49 38 16 17 16

grounddata.php 19 13 8 6 10 5

index.php 83 62 67 27 32 29

internal 31 389 1115 1014 1451 1221

links.php 71 28 51 23 24 21

members.php 62 61 49 26 20 27

overpass_data 1127 1533 750 356 254 252

nrtsatellite.php 682 5038 2628 3283 885 1714

validationdata.php 74 50 51 24 24 19

Deliverables (I)

• D2.10 Optimised AATSR aerosol retrieval alg. month 12 FMI• D2.9 Final report describing CO&CH4 data sets month 13 • D2.11 Validated fields of aerosol properties month 15 FMI• D3.1 Validation results for aerosols month 15 LAP• D2.5 Evaluation of the validation month 18 BIRA, KNMI• D3.2 Validation results for SO2 month 18 LAP• D3.3 Validation results for NO2 month 18 NSMC• D3.4 Validation results for CO month 18 NSMC,

IAP• D4.3 Final report for task.2,3,4 month 18 • D2.12 Updated aerosol properties over China month 20 FMI• D2.6 Documentation describing the data products month 24• D2.13 Operational aerosol retrieval algorithm month 24

Deliverables (II)

• D3.5 Model intercomparison results month 24• D3.6 Validation report month 24• D4.4 High-resolution air quality maps for Shenyang month 24• D5.3 A forecast service for 2 days ahead month 24• D6.1 Web database for … month 24• D6.2 Assessment report month 24• D6.4 User Workshop month 24• D1.3 Report on actions taken to raise public participation and awareness

month 24• D1.4 End report month 24

AMFIC publications

• Please send me your publications for on the web-site ( for your own interest, the interest of AMFIC and to comply to the rules )

• Include acknowledgement of EC support

• Annual report of first year was not approved for several times !

• Lesson learned:– Check the details: Stamps and rounding errors– Dissemination results are important– Many difficulties with Form C and the audits– Lot of work

• How to avoid problems this time:– At least the audits are planned this time– Thorough check of all C forms by KNMI accountants– Start early (especially with form C and audit)

Final Report (I)

Final Report (II)

What is requested by the EU ?

• Periodic activity report– Project objectives and major achievements

– Progress on tasks per WPs

– Deliverable reports

– List of Milestones

– Management issues and project timetable (by KNMI)

– Final plan for dissemination of knowledge (by KNMI)

Final Report (III)

• Management report– Justification of the major costs– Cost budget follow-up table– Person-months status table– Form C (financial statements)– Audit forms– Summary financial report

• Other reports:– Report on the used budget so far signed by partner– Science and society reporting questionnaire (by KNMI)– Questionnaire on workforce statistics– Socio-economic reporting questionnaire

PART 2

User workshop

• Extension of project agreed by the EU in order to combine the workshop with the RAQM (Regional Air Quality Management) 2009 symposium (contacted via EPA-USA).

• Theme : Control of NOx Sources and Future Directions

• Location : Regent hotel

• AMFIC presentation on Tuesday afternoon at 14.00

Future

• GEOSS• MACC• Project team in DRAGON-2 till 2012• Web-site maintained during DRAGON-2• Scientific paper ?• Follow-up project ?