The Action on Air-Climate-Human Interactions
focus on EU- and world-wide air pollutant and
greenhouse gas emission reduction policies and
their effects on climate change and air pollution,
in particular human health.
In the context of the PhD project, the objective
is to improve the understanding of the emission
sources and atmospheric processes causing air
pollution in the Mediterranean Basin, using data
obtained from a shipborne automated
monitoring station. The measurements are
performed on an Italian cruise ship following
regular tracks, mainly in the Western
Mediterranean. Presently ozone, NOx, SO2, Black
Carbon and particle size distributions are
measured.
The PhD project will include operating the
monitoring station (in collaboration with JRC
staff) and contributing to new developments of
this. This will require regular visits to the port of
Savona.
The project will focus on analysis of the
measured data with the aim of understanding
the emission sources and the atmospheric
processes that determine the concentrations of
the measured pollutants. This will involve
collaboration with modelers.?
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