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Quality Unit has long been involved in the process of assisting the Commission in the definition of airquality
related policies by providing scientific and technical advice.
Role and contribution
JRC will lead Task 5 in WP 2 that relates to the parameterization of sub grid scale emission to upper
atmospheric concentration levels. The competences present in the team are going to be use extensively for
carrying out the task. Coordination of the contribution to the activity from the University of Thessaloniki will
also be carried out by the JRC team.
Principal personnel involved
Dr. Stefano Galmarini is senior scientist in the Transport and Air Quality unit has a long experience in
atmospheric dispersion modelling at all scales, in particular in boundary layer processes and chemistry. He
got his PhD at the University of Utrecht in 1997 on atmospheric turbulence and chemistry interaction. He is
working at JRC-Ispra since 1997 and he has been participating and promoting a number of EU-projects such
as ETEX , BEMA, RTMOD, MESOCOM, ENSEMBLE, EURANOS, and PREVIEW.
Selected publications
Vinuesa J.F., Galmarini S., (2006): Characterization of the 222 Rn family turbulent transport in the convective
atmospheric boundary layer, –Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 7 (3), 575-980
Galmarini S., J.L. Attie (2000): Turbulent fluxes at the top of thermal internal boundary layer: wavelet analysis of
aircraft measurements, Bound. Layer Meteorol., 94, 175–196.
Galmarini S., Beets C., Duynkerke, P.G., J. Vilà -Guerau de Arellano, (1998): Stable nocturnal boundary layer: a
comparison of one-dimensional and Large-Eddy models, Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 88, 181-210.
Galmarini S., Vilà-Guerau de Arellano J., Duyzer J., (1997): Fluxes of chemically reactive species inferred from mean
concentration measurements, Atmos. Environ, 31, 15, 2371-2374.
Galmarini S., Duynkerke P.G., Vilà-Guerau de Arellano J., (1997): Evolution of nitrogen oxides in the stable nocturnal
boundary layer, J. Appl. Meteor., 36, 7, 943-957.
Galmarini S., Vilà-Guerau de Arellano J., Duynkerke P.G., (1997): Scaling the turbulent transport of chemically
reactive species in the surface-layer under neutral and stratified conditions, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 123,
536, 223-242.
Partner 9: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Expertise and experience of the organization
Founded in 1964 by Abdus Salam (Nobel Laureate), the ICTP operates under the aegis of two United
Nations Agencies: UNESCO (United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture) and IAEA
(International Atomic Energy Agency), and is regularized by a seat agreement with the Government of Italy,
which provides the major part of the Centre's funding. The main aim of the ICTP is to foster the growth of
advanced studies and research in physical and mathematical sciences, especially in developing countries.
ICTP acts as an international forum for scientific contacts between scientists from all countries. It provides
facilities to conduct original research to its visitors, Assoc.s and fellows. On average, ICTP welcomes 3600
scientists a year. Over 50% of the scientists who have attended the ICTP activities since 1964 came from
developing countries; until now, 150 nations and 45 international organizations have been represented. The
main research fields of interest at ICTP are: Mathematics, Physics of Condensed Matter, Physics of High and
Intermediate Energies, Earth System Physics, Physics of the Living State, Digital Communications and
Computer Networking. The Earth System Physics section (ESP) was established in 2005 and conducts
research on regional climate modelling, anthropogenic climate change, natural climate variability, chemistryclimate
interactions, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, seismology, physics of the lithosphere, earthquake
prediction. The ESP maintains and develops a state-of-the-art regional climate model (RegCM). This model
was developed during the last decade and has been used for a wide variety of applications, from paleo
climate to possible future climate simulations at the regional scale. The RegCM has been applied to a wide
range of regions in the globe (Europe and Mediterranean Basin, US, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central, East and
South Asia, South America) and has been run at horizontal grid intervals of 20-100 km. It has capability of
interactive coupling to an aerosol model and to a one dimensional lake model. The RegCM is currently used
by a wide range of users, including many from developing countries. The ESP is currently participating in
EU projects (ENSEMBLES, CECILIA, WATCH) and is involved in projects proposed for the Italian
National Climate Research Program. The ESP has access to the supercomputing facilities of CINECA.
Role and contribution
ICTP will use RegCM3 (Regional Climate Model Version 3) coupled with aerosol module. The top-ofatmosphere
radiative direct and indirect forcings and related climatic effects will be calculated online by
RegCM3. The analysis of climate effects will include variables such as temperature, clouds, precipitation,
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