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pollutants and integrated assessment model development, damage assessment modelling, risk assessment and
water-soil modelling.
Role and contribution
WP 8 leader, Participant in WP 1 and 7. Regional emission modelling, compilation of baseline scenarios,
processing the emission data for Rhine-Ruhr-area and interaction with the administration of the Rhine-Ruhrarea,
mitigation and policy options, Applying of a methodology and tool for impact assessment.
Principal personnel involved
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Friedrich - who will lead the research work, is deputy director of USTUTT and heads
the department of Technology Assessment and Environment. His major research areas cover generation of
emission inventories, the identification of emission reduction strategies, technology assessment,
environmental economics, quantification and assessment of environmental damage and risks to human health
and estimation of external costs of energy and transport systems. He was a member of the Scientific Steering
Committee of EUROTRAC-II, a large EU research project studying the chemical transformation and
transport of pollution over Europe, and also co-ordinator of the EUROTRAC subproject GENEMIS
(Generation and Evaluation of Emission Data,. He has extensive experience in co-ordinating international
research projects, e.g. HEATCO, MERLIN, NewExt, ESPREME, NATAIR.
Dr.-Ing. Jochen Theloke - is head of the air pollution research group. His major research areas cover
generation of emission inventories, the identification of emission reduction strategies and the assessment of
mitigation costs. He has been involved in multinational work with the UNECE Task Force Emission
Inventories and Projection (TFEIP), GENEMIS, EMEP. He has been working in several international
research projects, e.g. MERLIN, ESPREME, DROPS, NATAIR
Dr.-Ing. Peter Bickel - who leads the working group "Technology Assessment", was significantly involved
in design, implementation and application of the ExternE transport methodology, and he was in charge of the
technical coordination of the projects ExternE Transport and ExternE Core/Transport.
Dipl.-Geoökol. Ulrike Kummer - works at USTUTT since 2004 on calculation of emissions from mobile
sources, the generation of emissions inventories and the identification of emission reduction strategies and
the assessment of mitigation costs..
Selected relevant publications
Friedrich R., P. Blank, S. Emeis, W. Engewald, D. Hassel, H. Hoffmann, J. Kühlwein, H. Michael, A. Obermeier,
K. Schäfer, A. Sedlmaier, T. Schmitz, M. Stockhause, J. Theloke, F.-J. Weber, B. Wickert, (2002): Development
of Emission Models and Improvement of Emission Data for Germany and Europe, Atmospheric Chemistry.
Kühlwein J., B. Wickert, A. Trukenmüller, J. Theloke, R. Friedrich, (2002): Emission modelling in high spatial and
temporal resolution and calculation of pollutant concentrations for comparisons with measured concentrations,
Atmospheric Environment, 36 (S1), 7-18,
Vautard R., J. Theloke, R. Friedrich et al. (2003): Paris emission inventory diagnostics from ESQUIF airborne
measurements and a chemistry transport model, Geophysical Research, 108 (D17).
Friedrich R., Reis S (Eds.) (2004): Emission of Air Pollutants - Measurements, Calculation and Uncertainties. (Final
Report GENEMIS), VDI Springer Verlag.
Kühlwein J, Friedrich R., (2005): Traffic measurements and high performance modelling of motorway emission rates,
Atmospheric Environment, 39 (31).
Theloke T., R. Friedrich (2007): Compilation of a data base on the composition of anthropogenic VOC emissions for
atmospheric modelling, Atmospheric Environment, In Review.
Partner 20: World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Expertise and experience of the Organization
WMO is a specialized United Nations (UN) Organization that has the mandate for weather, climate,
operational hydrology, and related geophysical sciences within the UN system. It is the UN system’s
authorative voice on the state and behaviour of the atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it
produces, and the resulting distribution of water resources. WMO plays a leading role in international efforts
to monitor and protect the environment through its Programmes and is instrumental in providing advice and
assessments to governments on matters related to these issues and in contributing towards ensuring the
sustainable development and well-being of nations.
The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) of the Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme (AREP)
department is the only global long-term atmospheric chemistry and air pollution programme. The
measurement variables of GAW include greenhouse gases, stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, aerosols,
UV radiation, reactive gases, and precipitation chemistry. The principal goal of GAW implementation is to
contribute to efforts in reducing environmental risks to society and meeting the requirements of
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