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POLPOPollution Hot Spot Monitoring from GOME applied to the Po BasinDevelopment of a tool to evaluate the severity, the spread and the dislocation of pollution plume as input to future emission trading. |
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Project References |
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| Name | POLPO |
| Title | Pollution Hot Spot Monitoring from GOME applied to the Po Basin |
| Programme | DUP (Data User Programme) |
| Theme |
Atmosphere |
| Cost | €90k |
| Type | Service Demonstration |
| Status | Completed (2001-2003) |
| Sensors |
ERS-2 : GOME |
Project Description |
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| Objectives |
The A prototype tool was developed for monitoring large pollution plumes. The potential of combining ground (in-situ) measurements, ground based column measurements and satellite pollution data for air pollution observation was tested within the project mainframe. |
| Results |
Project executive summary |
Project Consortium |
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| Prime contractor | EMPA : EMPA |
| Subcontractors |
CNR-ISAC BO : Italian National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) |
User Partnership |
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| Users |
ARPA-Emilia Romagna : Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment - Emilia Romagna NABEL : National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) SAEFL - Air Pollution Control and NIR Division : Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape - Air Pollution and NIR division |
Contact Points |
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| Project Manager | Andrea Weiss Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Dept. Ueberlandstrasse 129 CH-8600 Dübendorf SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 (0)1 823 40 77 Fax: +41 (0)1 821 62 44 Email: andrea.weiss@empa.ch |
| Technical Officer | Claus Zehner European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEU Via Galileo Galilei CP. 64 I-00044 Frascati ITALY Tel: +39 06-941.80544 Fax: +39 06-941.80552 Email: claus.zehner@esa.int |
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