Title:

Quantifying impacts of airborne particulate matter over Europe – Implications for health and effects of climate change

Short abstract:

Exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) is a significant cause for adverse health effects. Quantification of PM distributions, however, is dependent on complex multiscale and nonlinear processes which affect the transport and distribution of particulate matter concentrations. In addition, changes in emissions and climate will affect future concentrations of PM. As part of a large FP7 collaborative project, TRANSPHORM, a new integrated approach has been developed to estimate health impacts of particulate matter for city and European scales. The effects of climate change and emissions scenarios on future European air quality has also been investigated on higher resolution than is possible with global models. New results will presented and discussed for city and European scales and implications discussed for policy and further scientific research.

Brief CV:

Professor Sokhi is the Director of the Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research (CAIR). The Centre has 16 academic and research staff, 7 visiting researchers and 10 PhD students undertaking research in atmospheric dynamics, air pollution, climate change, instrumentation development and diagnostics, radiative and aerosol processes and measurements.

He has nearly 200 publications in major international journals, conference proceedings and reports. Professor Sokhi’s research is focussed on the understanding how physical and chemical processes affect air quality and its impacts. Through the use of high resolution advanced models coupled with global models and measurements, his team investigates the impact of airborne pollutants on exposure as well as interactions with climate change. Professor Sokhi has participated in or coordinated a large number of projects including Clearflo, MESO-NET/MESOMAQ, AIRTRACK (NERC); OSCAR (FP5), CAIR4HEALTH, AIR4EU (FP6); MEGAPOLI, TRANSPHORM (FP7) and is a PI for NCAS. He has also coordinated COST 728 and currently participates in ES1004 Action and the Air Quality Modelling Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII). He has been the chair of the series of International Conferences on Air Quality – Science and Application since 1996.

Host: Jørgen Brandt

Registration: external guests interested in attending the presentation should e-mail Winni Eia Esbensen wee@dmu.dk