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Stadler, K. (author), Wood, R. (author), Bulavskaya, T. (author), Södersten, C.J. (author), Simas, M. (author), Schmidt, S. (author), Usubiaga, A. (author), Acosta-Fernández, J. (author), Kuenen, J. (author), Bruckner, M. (author), Giljum, S. (author), Lutter, S. (author), Merciai, S. (author), Schmidt, J.H. (author), Theurl, M.C. (author), Plutzar, C. (author), Kastner, T. (author), Eisenmenger, N. (author), Erb, K.H. (author), de Koning, A. (author), Tukker, A. (author)Environmentally extended multiregional input-output (EE MRIO) tables have emerged as a key framework to provide a comprehensive description of the global economy and analyze its effects on the environment. Of the available EE MRIO databases, EXIOBASE stands out as a database compatible with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)...article 2018
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Vivanco, M.G. (author), Bessagnet, B. (author), Cuvelier, C. (author), Theobald, M.R. (author), Tsyro, S. (author), Pirovano, G. (author), Aulinger, A. (author), Bieser, J. (author), Calori, G. (author), Ciarelli, G. (author), Manders, A. (author), Mircea, M. (author), Aksoyoglu, S. (author), Briganti, G. (author), Cappelletti, A. (author), Colette, A. (author), Couvidat, F. (author), D'Isidoro, M. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), Meleux, F. (author), Menut, L. (author), Pay, M.T. (author), Rouïl, L. (author), Silibello, C. (author), Thunis, P. (author), Ung, A. (author)In the framework of the UNECE Task Force on Measurement and Modelling (TFMM) under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), the EURODELTAIII project is evaluating how well air quality models are able to reproduce observed pollutant air concentrations and deposition fluxes in Europe. In this paper the sulphur and nitrogen...article 2017
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- Hauck, M. (author), Giezen, C. (author), Calvert, S.C. (author), Keijzer, E.E. (author), de Vos-Effting, S.E. (author), van Vliet, D. (author), Voskuilen, J. (author) conference paper 2017
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Solazzo, E. (author), Bianconi, R. (author), Hogrefe, C. (author), Curci, G. (author), Tuccella, P. (author), Alyuz, U. (author), Balzarini, A. (author), Baro, R. (author), Bellasio, R. (author), Bieser, J. (author), Brandt, J. (author), Christensen, J.H. (author), Colette, A. (author), Francis, X. (author), Fraser, A. (author), Garcia Vivanco, M. (author), Jiménez-Guerrero, P. (author), Im, U. (author), Manders-Groot, A.M.M. (author), Nopmongcol, U. (author), Kitwiroon, N. (author), Pirovano, G. (author), Pozzoli, L. (author), Prank, M. (author), Sokhi, R.S. (author), Unal, A. (author), Yarwood, G. (author), Galmarini, S. (author)Through the comparison of several regional-scale chemistry transport modeling systems that simulate meteorology and air quality over the European and North American continents, this study aims at (i) apportioning error to the responsible processes using timescale analysis, (ii) helping to detect causes of model error, and (iii) identifying the...article 2017
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Broeren, M.L.M. (author), Dellaert, S.N.C. (author), Cok, B. (author), Patel, M.K. (author), Worrell, E. (author), Shen, L. (author)Sisal fibre can potentially replace glass fibre in natural fibre composites. This study focuses on the environmental performance of sisal fibre production by quantifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use of producing sisal fibre in Tanzania and Brazil using life cycle assessment (LCA), based on region-specific inventory data. The...article 2017
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Colette, A. (author), Andersson, C. (author), Manders, A. (author), Mar, K. (author), Mircea, M. (author), Pay, M.T. (author), Raffort, V. (author), Tsyro, S. (author), Cuvelier, C. (author), Adani, M. (author), Bessagnet, B. (author), Bergström, R. (author), Briganti, G. (author), Butler, T. (author), Cappelletti, A. (author), Couvidat, F. (author), d' Isidoro, M. (author), Doumbia, T. (author), Fagerli, H. (author), Granier, C. (author), Heyes, C. (author), Klimont, Z. (author), Ojha, N. (author), Otero, N. (author), Schaap, M. (author), Sindelarova, K. (author), Stegehuis, A.I. (author), Roustan, Y. (author), Vautard, R. (author), van Meijgaard, E. (author), Garcia Vivanco, M. (author), Wind, P. (author)The EURODELTA-Trends multi-model chemistry-transport experiment has been designed to facilitate a better understanding of the evolution of air pollution and its drivers for the period 1990-2010 in Europe. The main objective of the experiment is to assess the efficiency of air pollutant emissions mitigation measures in improving regional-scale...article 2017
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- Veenstra, A. (author), Kaashoek, P. (author), van Deelen, K. (author), Steensma, S. (author) report 2017
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von Schneidemesser, E. (author), Coates, J. (author), Denier van der Gon, H.A.C. (author), visschedijk, A.J.H. (author)Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) are detrimental to human health owing to thearticle 2016
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Schlag, P. (author), Kiendler-Scharr, A. (author), Johannes Blom, M. (author), Canonaco, F. (author), Sebastiaan Henzing, J. (author), Moerman, M. (author), Prévôt, A.S.H. (author), Holzinger, R. (author)Intensive measurements of submicron aerosol particles and their chemical composition were performed with an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) at the Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research (CESAR) in Cabauw, the Netherlands, sampling at 5m height above ground. The campaign lasted nearly 1 year from July 2012 to June 2013 as...article 2016
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Prank, M. (author), Sofiev, M. (author), Tsyro, S. (author), Hendriks, C. (author), Semeena, V. (author), Francis, X.V. (author), Butler, T. (author), van der Gon, H.D. (author), Friedrich, R. (author), Hendricks, J. (author), Kong, X. (author), Lawrence, M. (author), Righi, M. (author), Samaras, Z. (author), Sausen, R. (author), Kukkonen, J. (author), Sokhi, R. (author)Four regional chemistry transport models were applied to simulate the concentration and composition of particulate matter (PM) in Europe for 2005 with horizontal resolution 20 km. The modelled concentrations were compared with the measurements of PM chemical composition by the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) monitoring...article 2016
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Hendriks, C. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), Kuenen, J.J.P. (author), van den Bril, B. (author), Verguts, V. (author), Schaap, M. (author)Accurate modelling of mitigation measures for nitrogen deposition and secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA) episodes requires a detailed representation of emission patterns from agriculture. In this study the meteorological influence on the temporal variability of ammonia emissions from livestock housing and application of manure and fertilizer are...article 2016
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Dammers, E. (author), Palm, M. (author), van Damme, M. (author), Vigouroux, C. (author), Smale, D. (author), Conway, S. (author), Toon, G.C. (author), Jones, N. (author), Nussbaumer, E. (author), Warneke, T. (author), Petri, C. (author), Clarisse, L. (author), Clerbaux, C. (author), Hermans, C. (author), Lutsch, E. (author), Strong, K. (author), Hannigan, J.W. (author), Nakajima, H. (author), Morino, I. (author), Herrera, B. (author), Stremme, W. (author), Grutter, M. (author), Schaap, M. (author), Kruit, R.J.W. (author), Notholt, J. (author), Coheur, P.F. (author), Erisman, J.W. (author)Global distributions of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) measured with satellite instruments such as the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) contain valuable information on NH3 concentrations and variability in regions not yet covered by ground-based instruments. Due to their large spatial coverage and (bi-)daily overpasses, the...article 2016
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Aarnio, M.A. (author), Kukkonen, J. (author), Kangas, L. (author), Kauhaniemi, M. (author), Kousa, A. (author), Hendriks, C. (author), Yli-Tuomi, T. (author), Lanki, T. (author), Hoek, G. (author), Brunekreef, B. (author), Elolähde, T. (author), Karppinen, A. (author)We refined an urban-scale dispersion modelling system by adding a road dust suspension model, FORE. The deterministic modelling includes both vehicular exhaust emissions (including cold start and cold driving) and suspended road dust. The urban scale modelling system was used in combination with the regional scale chemical transport model...article 2016
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Bosch, P.R. (author), Brolsma, R. (author), van Dinter, D. (author), Geerling, G.J. (author), Goossen, M. (author), Jacobs, C. (author), de Jong, M. (author), Kok, S. (author), Massop, H. (author), Oste, L. (author), Perez-Soba, M. (author), Rovers, V. (author), Smit, A. (author), Verweij, P. (author), de Vries, B. (author), Weijers, E. (author)There is a growing awareness in cities throughout the world that green and blue infrastructure can offer a wide range of ecosystem services to support a healthy urban environment. For example, landscape architects explore possibilities in their design of the urban landscape to use the potential of green elements for regulating air temperature,...report 2016
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Rosati, B. (author), Gysel, M. (author), Rubach, F. (author), Mentel, T.F. (author), Goger, B. (author), Poulain, L. (author), Schlag, P. (author), Miettinen, P. (author), Pajunoja, A. (author), Virtanen, A. (author), Baltink, H.K. (author), Henzing, J.S. (author), Größ, J. (author), Gobbi, G.P. (author), Wiedensohler, A. (author), Kiendler-Scharr, A. (author), Decesari, S. (author), Facchini, M.C. (author), Weingartner, E. (author), Baltensperger, U. (author)Vertical profiles of the aerosol particles hygroscopic properties, their mixing state as well as chemical composition were measured above northern Italy and the Netherlands. An aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS; for chemical composition) and a white-light humidified optical particle spectrometer (WHOPS; for hygroscopic growth) were deployed on a...article 2016
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Hauck, M. (author), Maalcke-Luesken, F.A. (author), Jetten, M.S.M. (author), Huijbregts, M.A.J. (author)Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is a novel way to reduce nitrogen in ammonium rich wastewater. Although aquatic eutrophication will certainly be reduced, it is unknown how other environmental impacts may change by including anammox in the treatment of wastewater. Here, life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to assess the environmental...article 2016
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Kioutsioukis, I. (author), Im, U. (author), Solazzo, E. (author), Bianconi, R. (author), Badia, A. (author), Balzarini, A. (author), Baró, R. (author), Bellasio, R. (author), Brunner, D. (author), Chemel, C. (author), Curci, G. (author), van der Gon, H.D. (author), Flemming, J. (author), Forkel, R. (author), Giordano, L. (author), Jiménez-Guerrero, P. (author), Hirtl, M. (author), Jorba, O. (author), Manders-Groot, A. (author), Neal, L. (author), Pérez, J.L. (author), Pirovano, G. (author), San Jose, R. (author), Savage, N. (author), Schroder, W. (author), Sokhi, R.S. (author), Syrakov, D. (author), Tuccella, P. (author), Werhahn, J. (author), Wolke, R. (author), Hogrefe, C. (author), Galmarini, S. (author)Simulations from chemical weather models are subject to uncertainties in the input data (e.g. emission inventory, initial and boundary conditions) as well as those intrinsic to the model (e.g. physical parameterization, chemical mechanism). Multi-model ensembles can improve the forecast skill, provided that certain mathematical conditions are...article 2016
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Chen, Y. (author), Cheng, Y.F. (author), Nordmann, S. (author), Birmili, W. (author), Denier Van Der Gon, H.A.C. (author), Ma, N. (author), Wolke, R. (author), Wehner, B. (author), Sun, J. (author), Spindler, G. (author), Mu, Q. (author), Pöschl, U. (author), Su, H. (author), Wiedensohler, A. (author)Elemental Carbon (EC) has a significant impact on human health and climate change. In order to evaluate the size segregation of EC emission in the EUCAARI inventory and investigate its influence on the simulation of EC long-range transportation in Europe, we used the fully coupled online Weather Research and Forecasting/Chemistry model (WRF-Chem...article 2016
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Jonkers, S. (author), Denier van der Gon, H.A.C. (author)Het broeikasgas methaan komt vrij uit diffuse bronnen zoals stortplaatsen, waterzuiveringsinstalla-ties en de veehouderij. De emissie hiervan wordt met generieke emissiefactoren berekend. Hoe representatief de berekende waarde is, is doorgaans niet bekend. In dit artikel beschrijven we een betaalbare én nauwkeurige methode die de emissie van...article 2016
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At the origin of all air quality issues are the emissions of pollutants. Emission inventories provide essential information on magnitude, type of activity, time evolution and the spatial coverage of the emissions. These inventories are developed for use by the policy makers in order to evaluate progress towards emission abatement measures, and...report 2016