D E S C R I P T I O N O F W O R K - MEGAPOLI - Dmi

To whom it may concern:
April 26, 2007
We want to express our enthusiastic support of the main objectives of the MEGAPOLI “Megacities:
Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution and climate effects, and Integrated
tools for assessment and mitigation” project proposed to the European Commission 7th Framework
Programme. The Center for Global and Regional Environmental Studies (CGRER) is willing to
participate to the MEGAPOLI project and will collaborate with researchers concerning megacities.
Specifically, CGRER has active activities related to megacities, including the metropolitan area of
Mexico City which is already under study in the framework of the MILAGRO campaign. Cities of
active research also include Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok and Delhi. The CGRER center will be
happy to provide the MEGAPOLI team with the emission inventories, observations and modeling
experiences to assist the research activities. We anticipate that such collaborative efforts will
contribute to our understanding of megacity air pollution and its potential impacts on human health,
ecosystem viability and climate change.
Sincerely
Gregory R. Carmichael
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER)
Karl Kammermeyer Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Iowa.