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

MEGAPOLI 212520
used in a variety of research and technology problems involving physicochemical phenomena. ICE-HT is in
close cooperation with the Department of Chemical Engineering in the University of Patras. The work in this
project will be performed by the Air Quality Laboratory of ICE-HT. This team has approximately 20 years
of experience in the study of urban, regional, and global air quality. Research in the area of sources,
properties, chemistry, and removal of atmospheric aerosol is the major focus of the group. The team is
currently participating in the EUCAARI project.
Role and contribution
FORTH will co-coordinate the project and will participate in WP 3, 4, 6 and 7 providing continuous
measurements of the aerosol size/composition distribution and properties, and continuing the development
and application of state-of-the-art Chemical Transport Models in urban, regional and global scales.
Principal personnel involved
Prof. Spyros Pandis - Director of the Air Quality Laboratory in FORTH, Prof. in the University of Patras in
Greece and the Elias Res. Prof. in Carnegie Mellon University (CMU, US). He has been PI for the Pittsburgh
Supersite (one of the six Centres of Excellence for Atmospheric Aerosols funded by the US EPA) and the
Pittsburgh Air Quality Study (funded by the US DoE) and more than ten additional projects funded by the
US EPA, US NSF, US DoE, etc. He is the author of approximately 120 peer-reviewed papers (3 in Science
and Nature), the vice-president of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), and the recipient
of Whitby Award of AAAR, the Vaughn Lectureship by Caltech, and the Kun Li, Teare and Tallman Ladd
awards by CMU.
Recent and relevant publications
Seinfeld J. H., Pandis S. N. (2006): Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change, 2 nd
edition, J. Wiley, New York.
Gaydos T. M., R. Pinder, B. Koo, K. M. Fahey, G. Yarwood, S. N. Pandis (2006): Development and application of a
three-dimensional aerosol chemical transport model, PMCAMx, Atmos. Environ.,
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.034.
Dawson J. P., P. J. Adams, S. N. Pandis (2007): Sensitivity of ozone to summertime climate in the eastern US: A
modelling case study, Atmos. Environ., In Press.
Lane T. E., R. W. Pinder, M. Shrivastava, A. L. Robinson, S. N. Pandis (2007): Source contributions to primary
organic aerosol: Comparison of the results of a source-resolved model and the Chemical Mass balance approach,
Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.006.
Robinson A. L., N. M. Donahue, M. K. Shrivastava, E. A. Wietkamp, A. M. Sage, A. P. Grieshop, T. E. Lane, S. N.
Pandis, J. R. Pierce (2007): Rethinking organic aerosols: Semivolatile emissions and photochemical aging,
Science, 315, 1259-1262.
Partner 3 (co-cord.): Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC)
Expertise and experience of the organization
The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry was established in Mainz in 1949, and focuses on the chemistry of
the atmosphere, particle chemistry, biogeochemistry, remote sensing for Earth systems sciences, and
chemistry of the geosphere. Prof. Jos Lelieveld leads the atmospheric chemistry department. The modelling
group, led by Dr. Mark Lawrence, has many years of experience in global tropospheric, stratospheric, and
mesospheric chemistry modelling, chemistry-climate coupling, support and analysis of field campaigns, and
satellite data analysis.
Role and contribution
MPIC will co-coordinate the project and will participate in WP 1, 5, 6 and 8, providing global model
simulations of the impacts of megacities on atmospheric composition and climate, collaborating on the
development of emissions datasets for sensitivity and scenario studies, and on the interpretation of scenario
runs for evaluating mitigation strategies, as well as working actively towards the dissemination of the results
to the scientific community and stakeholders (public and policy makers).
Principal personnel involved
Dr. Mark Lawrence, who will act as the PI for MEGAPOLI, received his Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences in 1996 from the Georgia Institute of Technology (main thesis advisor: Prof. Paul J. Crutzen). From
2000-2005 he led an independent junior research group at the MPIC, funded by the German Ministry
(BMBF), which focused on modelling studies of tropical tropospheric photochemistry. Since 2006 he has led
the modelling group of the Department of Atmospheric Chemistry. Dr. Lawrence has several years of
experience in the development of photochemical models, being one of the co-developers of the Model of
Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry (MATCH), and has also been involved in using models to plan and
analyze field campaigns. He has over 80 (co)authored publications, including a couple recent papers on
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