Direct adress to the current web page envs.au.dk/air

Are you looking for information on air pollution?

Use the menu on the left to access our comprehensive set of web pages on air pollution. You can find results of air pollution monitoring, inventories of Danish emisssion to the air, information on air pollution models and much more.

Who delivers the information?

Aarhus University is charged with national tasks related to air pollution. DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy at Aarhus University manages such work under contract to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. DCE acts in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University.

The web pages on air pollution are maintained by the Department of Environmental Science 

Significant problems

Current air pollution problems in Denmark include ultrafine particles in our cities, and nitrogen fallout in parts of our countryside and marine areas. On a worldwide level, the most serious problem is the emission of CO₂ (carbon dioxide) and other greenhouse gases that can contribute to global warming.

Aarhus University’s contribution

We measure air pollution in Denmark and Greenland. We work with mathematical models that can describe how air pollutants are transported, converted and deposited. These models go into a level of detail that ranges from local pollution in a street to nationwide and global air pollution. We manage national Danish data reporting in accordance with international conventions such as the Climate Convention and the Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, as well as the European Union.

Over a period of many years, we have developed special expertise in combining measurements and model calculations to describe and assess air pollution and its impact on humans and nature.

Who works with air pollution?

Research regarding air pollution and emissions is carried out at the Department of Environmental Science in the following sections:

• Emission Modelling and Environmental Geography 
  Head of Section Pia Frederiksen
• Atmospheric Modelling
  Head of Section Jørgen Brandt
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  Heads of Section Ole Hertel and Thomas Ellermann

Consultancy services for the Danish Ministry of the Environment

DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy provides consultancy services for the public sector and other bodies regarding air pollution and emissions via the framework agreement between Aarhus University and the Danish Ministry of the Environment (available in Danish only).

On the topic of air, DCE provides consultancy services for the Danish Ministry of the Environment in the areas of:

• Air quality
• Atmospheric N and C
• Particulate air pollution and health
• Climate and air pollution
• Emissions into the air/human and environmental exposure to these emissions

Other areas of consultancy

DCE offers services and consultancy to other public and private sector customers in all its areas of expertise. All consultancy services are based on internationally acknowledged research.

We can supply data, model tools for calculating air pollution, and expertise for assessing the extent of different problems in order to solve them most efficiently.

You can find more information about DCE’s consultancy services here.