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oxidants, the evolution of tropospheric oxidation, the links between air quality and climate change, and
quantification of model uncertainty through detailed comparisons between model results and atmospheric
measurements. He has participated in a number of international projects, including NARE, TRACE-P,
ACCENT and HTAP and has contributed to assessment reports by WMO and IPCC.
Maria Russo, Dr., Res. Assoc., works at CAS; responsible for developing the high-resolution and mesoscale
versions of the UKCA model, and is involved in providing modelling support to a number of measurement
campaigns related to EU projects (ACTIVE, SCOUT-O3, AMMA).
Recent and relevant publications
Wild, O., M.J. Prather (2006): Global tropospheric ozone modelling: Quantifying errors due to grid resolution, J.
Geophys. Res., 111, D11305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006605.
Zeng, G., J.A. Pyle (2005), Influence of El Nino Southern Oscillation on stratosphere/troposphere exchange and the
global tropospheric ozone budget, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi:10.1029/2004GL021353.
Wild. O., P. Pochanart, H. Akimoto (2004): Trans-Eurasian transport of ozone and its precursors, J. Geophys. Res.,
109, D11302, doi:10.1029/2003JD004501.
Wild, O., et al. (2004): CTM ozone simulations for spring 2001 over the Western Pacific: Regional ozone production
and its global impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15S02, doi:10.1029/2003JD004041.
B.2.3 Consortium as a whole
Description of the consortium
The MEGAPOLI consortium consists of funded participants, non-funded international participants and end
users/stakeholders.
Overview of the Consortium and Commitment
The MEGAPOLI consortium consists of 23 full partners from 11 European countries, 12 international
research non-funded partners from USA, Canada, Mexico, India, Chile and Thailand, and 9 end
users/stakeholders. Figures 8 and 9 show the geographical location of all the consortium partners and
collaborators. All organizations are highly regarded internationally in their respective field. Collectively and
uniquely, MEGAPOLI represents a true integration of capacity from hitherto disparate fields, namely, the
climate change and air quality communities, from the megacity- to regional and global scales, including both
measurement and modelling groups. The number of partners reflects the expertise that is required to
undertake the work programme and benefits from partners having complementary roles. A balanced
consortium was chosen to assemble all knowledge, research facilities, models and experiences together to do
the research, needed to meet the objectives of MEGAPOLI. The key research groups are distributed across
many parts of Europe, bringing together the necessary know-how in the necessary fields including
atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, urban, regional and global scale modelling, megacity
features, emissions and ground-based, laboratory, aircraft and satellite measurement groups. The scientific
nature of urban aerosol induced climate forcing and urban-regional air quality requires this broad based
expertise and skill level. Over the duration of the project MEGAPOLI will mobilise in excess of 150
international scientists. Although there is an emphasis on research, strong interaction will exist with users,
megacities administrations and external experts through the Project Advisory Board, user workshops and the
Global Stakeholder forum.
All participants are fully committed to the project and its aims and the work programme is an essential part
of their organization's long-terms strategies demonstrating a high level commitment from all participants.
The complementary roles for each partner are summarised in Table 2.3.
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