Transcript PROMOTE Protocol Monitoring for the GSE on Atmosphere

Air Quality Services of PROMOTE
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Potential areas of support to EFNet
Workshop on real-time air pollution data
exchange and forecast in Europe
7 April 2005
EEA, Copenhagen
E. Paliouras, DLR-DFD
GSEs: Background
GSE program formulated as ESA GMES contribution
– GMES-applicable capabilities in Europe already exist
• target operational & sustainable information services
• respond to the needs of users in support of policies
– focus mainly on services using Earth Observation sources
• draw on results obtained from present EO satellites and provide
recommendations for future EO systems
– start with a 20-month Consolidation Stage intended to evaluate
a large set of candidate services PROMOTE now in month 12
– select a few full-fledged operational services in Implementation
Stage PROMOTE would enter this Stage in 1st Quarter 2006
GSE for Atmospheric Monitoring
• PROMOTE Mission:
To deliver the Atmosphere GMES Service Element by constructing &
delivering a sustainable & reliable operational service to support
informed decisions in particular on atmospheric policy issues
• 4 themes selected based on identifiable user
requirements and maturity or promise of satellite
and ground-based observations
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Stratospheric Ozone
Surface UV Radiation
Air Quality
Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols
• Project information and current product portfolio at:
www.gse-promote.org
Ongoing Initiatives Complementary to PROMOTE (AQ)
• European Union
– GEMS - Global and regional Earth-system (Atmosphere)
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Monitoring using Satellite and in-situ data
CREATE - Construction, use and delivery of a European aerosol
database
DAEDALUS - Delivery of AErosol proDucts for Assimilation and
environmentaL USe
EVERGREEN - EnVisat for Environmental Regulation of
GREENhouse gases
ACCENT - Atmospheric Composition Change, the European
Network of Excellence
ASSET - ASSimilation of EnvisaT data
• European Space Agency
– GlobAEROSOL - Global Aerosol from Earth Observation (DUE)
– TEMIS - Tropospheric Emission Monitoring Internet Service (DUP)
– CAPACITY - Composition of the Atmosphere: Progress to
Applications in the user CommunITY
PROMOTE Core Users - AQ
• National Environmental Agencies
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Austria (UBA)
France (ADEME)
Ireland (EPA)
The Netherlands (RIVM)
• Regional Environmental Agencies
– Lombardia, Italy (ARPA)
– Nordrhein-Westfalia, Germany (LUA)
• Research Institutes
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EMPA – Swiss Federal Lab for Material Testing and Research
INERIS – within French Ministry of Ecology
JRC – Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research
VITO – Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Current Air Quality Service and Products
• Monitoring Products from Satellite Data
– Gas Retrievals
• Tropospheric NO2
• Total Column SO2
– Aerosol Retrievals
• Aerosol Optical Depth and Aerosol Type indicator
• Forecasting / Analysis Products (at various scales)
– State of near-surface air quality
– Forecast of near-surface air quality
Gas Retrievals: Tropospheric NO2
• Global coverage - GOME and SCIAMACHY sensors
• Target Uses
– Trend analysis via monthly or annual means
– Model input via NRT information
• Three algorithms being considered and compared
– Possibility of downselection at project end
– All may be kept if demonstrated niche uses found for each
Sample Products: Tropospheric NO2
Gas Retrievals: Total Column SO2
• Global coverage - GOME and SCIAMACHY sensors
• Target Uses
– Global trend analysis via monthly or annual means
– Higher resolution for “hotspot” monitoring
Sample Product: Total Column SO2
Aerosol Optical Thickness and Type
• Global Coverage
• Synergistic retrieval from daily acquistions of two
sensors
– GOME & ATSR-2 or SCIAMACHY & AATSR
• Target Uses
– Global coverage and climatologies for monitoring
– NRT retrievals over Europe as input to AQ models
Aerosol Optical Thickness and Type
desertic
soot
maritime
Current Air Quality Service and Products
• Monitoring Products
– Gas Retrievals
• Tropospheric NO2
• Total Column SO2
– Aerosol Retrievals
• Aerosol Optical Depth and Aerosol Type indicator
• Forecasting / Analysis Products (at various scales)
– State of near-surface air quality
– Forecast of near-surface air quality
 Regional analysis and forecasting (Prev‘Air System, EURAD)
 Local forecasting (AIRES based on Prev‘Air)
 High resolution forecasting (YourAir service of Greater London)
EURAD Forecast and Analysis System
• EURAD system development began at RIU (Rhenish
Institute of Environmental Research) in early-1990s
– Online operationally since 2001: www.eurad.uni-koeln.de
• EURAD also running at the German Remote Sensing
Data Center (DFD) since early 2004 for testing
assimilation of satellite-based data
– Tropospheric NO2 - underway
– Aerosol parameters - expected late 2005
– Tropospheric O3 – planned for 2006
The EURAD System of Models
USGS
Orography
USGS
Landuse
NCEP/GFS
Global met
Forecast
• MM5
– Penn State/NCAR
Mesoscale Model
– predicts necessary
meteorological variables
TERRAIN
REGRID
INTERPF
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NESTDOWN
MM5
Emission
Data
ECP
EEM
EURAD-CTM
Chemistry Transport
VISAQ
O3
SO2
PM10
NO2
CO
AQI
Observations
day n-1
C3DVAR
Assimilation, Initial
Conditions for day n
EEM
– EURAD Emission Model
– predicts temporal and
spatial distribution of
emission rates of major
pollutants
• EURAD-CTM
– EURAD Chemistry
Transport Model
– predicts concentrations and
deposition of main
atmospheric pollutants
EURAD AQ Forecasting Prodcuts
• Ozone
 daily Maxima
• NO2
 maximum 8 hour mean
• PM10
 maximum 24 hour mean
• PM2.5
 Animations
• SO2
 Time Series for certain regions
• CO
Availability vis a vis PROMOTE:
Ready for user evaluation
With in situ observations end of 2004
With satellite observations - end of 2005
• Benzene
• Formaldehyde
• Air Quality Index
Representation:
- Visualization products
- Raw data deliverables
Current EURAD Nested Scales
N0: Continental Scale
– 125 km resolution
N1: Regional Scale
– 25 km resolution
N2: Local Scale
– 2 German States
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Ireland
– 5 km resolution
N3: City Scale
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1 km resolution
– City of Neuss, DE
EURAD Ozone Forecast in Different Domains
Local Resolution AQ Forecast - AIRES
• ACRI-ST aims to supply higher resolution air quality
forecasts of the South-East of France
– Uses Prev’Air as basis with additional emission inventories
USERS
GIEFS (Mercantour Natural park
monitoring)
Airmaraix (Marseille + Toulon areas
monitoring)
Airfobep (Etang de Berre monitoring)
Qualitair (Nice area monitoring)
Output of AIRES forecasts
PREV’AIR National
15 km x 15 km
Forecast at D+2
PACA region
ESCOMPTE area
9 km x 9 km
Re-distributed EMEP
3 km x 3 km
Re-distributed EMEP
Forecast at D+2
UK High Resolution AQ Forecast
• Daily pollutant concentration at London street scale
using ADMS-Urban Model of the Cambridge
Environmental Research Corp. (CERC)
• Pilot system produces daily forecasts of the worst
case air quality today and tomorrow via the web
– Operational since August 2004
• Forecasts use local traffic emission inventories and
met data
– Currently testing use of PROMOTE regional forecast data as
boundary condition input
• Ozone, PM10, and perhaps NO2
UK High Resolution AQ Forecast
Example of PROMOTE Product Usage
• PROMOTE Product
YourAir, high-resolution AQ Forecast Service
• Project Name
AirTEXT, run by the Pollution Team of the London Bourough of
Croydon Council
• Project Objective
send air pollution alerts to vulnerable individuals via SMS text
message
• Project Motivation
“Information about air quality widely available throughout the
EU but never been targeted in timely and proactive way at
vulnerable individuals”
Planned Air Quality Service and Products
• Monitoring Products
– Gas Retrievals
• Tropospheric NO2
• Total Column SO2
• Tropospheric HCHO
– Aerosol Retrievals
• Aerosol Optical Depth (additional information providers/sources)
• Aerosol Type indicator
• Forecasting / Analysis Products (at various scales)
– State of near-surface air quality
– Forecast of near-surface air quality
PROMOTE and EFNet
• PROMOTE forecasting services established – focus: Operational
– Close ties with research projects ensure continuous improvements
and advances
– Core Users involved well represent a cross of user segments
– GSE structure meant to provide mechanism for addition of partners
• Some PROMOTE Services potentially suited for use within EFNet
– Challenge: effectively utilize, not duplicate, them
• Development of tools required to use PROMOTE service in
combination with other EFNet data
• Findings of EFNet preparations will help to improve PROMOTE
services