D E S C R I P T I O N O F W O R K - MEGAPOLI - Dmi
D E S C R I P T I O N O F W O R K - MEGAPOLI - Dmi
D E S C R I P T I O N O F W O R K - MEGAPOLI - Dmi
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Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and Applied Sciences<br />
Program in Environmental Fluid Dynamics<br />
Box 879809<br />
Tempe, AZ 85287-9809<br />
PHONE: (480) 965-5602<br />
FAX: (480) 965-8746<br />
E-MAIL: J.Fernando@asu.edu<br />
Monday, April 30, 2007<br />
To whom it may concern:<br />
Letter of commitment<br />
This is to express our strong interest in joining the EC 7FP proposal -- <strong>MEGAPOLI</strong><br />
(Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution and climate<br />
effects, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation) as a collaborating partner from the<br />
USA.<br />
As stated in the project proposal, the <strong>MEGAPOLI</strong>’s main goals will be to assess impacts of<br />
megacities on local, regional, and global air quality; to quantify feedbacks between megacity<br />
air quality, local and regional climate, and global climate change; and to develop improved<br />
integrated tools for prediction of air pollution in megacities. We have long standing<br />
experience in working with local and regional climate and meteorology of large cities such as<br />
Phoenix (with funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA and local<br />
authorities) and Houston (with EPA funding) and have developed a suite of modelling and<br />
measurement tools to investigate the air quality, noise and local flow of the cities and their<br />
response to changes of urban metabolism such as energy and material flow and land use<br />
changes. We have conducted a number of studies related to the formation and dispersion of<br />
criteria pollutants in cities, effects of meteorology on noise pollution and the effects of local<br />
anthropogenic activity on urban heat island and regional climate.<br />
As such, we will be able to contribute immensely to the <strong>MEGAPOLI</strong> project and offer<br />
expertise and collaboration for the work packages Megacity Features, Megacity Plume Case<br />
Study and Megacity Air Quality. Some of the existing projects at Arizona State University<br />
such as City Futures-2100 and Health Impacts of Air Pollution is directly in line with the<br />
scope of the <strong>MEGAPOLI</strong>. The Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program at Arizona State<br />
University is looking forward to working with the <strong>MEGAPOLI</strong> investigators and hereby<br />
offers its most enthusiastic support for the project. If you need further information, please<br />
contact me.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Harindra J.S. Fernando<br />
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering<br />
Director, Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program
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