ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius February 15 2006 ACCENT

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT: Description, Operation, Results and Achievements Sandro Fuzzi ACCENT Coordinator

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Atmospheric change, environment, climate ü Changes in atmospheric composition directly affect many aspects of life, determining climate, air quality and atmospheric inputs to ecosystems ü In turn, these changes affect the fundamental necessities for human existence: human health, food production, ecosystem health and water

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 What is a Network of Excellence ? üA Network of Excellence (No. E) is primarily a strategic instrument to overcome the fragmentation of European research üIt is aimed at creating a progressive and durable integration of the research capacities of the participants, enhancing at the same time knowledge on the research topic

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Aims of ACCENT aims at becoming a platform where European scientists can converge to promote: üa common strategy for research on atmospheric composition change üdevelop and maintain durable means of communication and collaboration within the European scientific community üfacilitate research in this field üoptimise interactions with policy-makers and general public and preparing a new generation of atmospheric scientists and increasing the expertise to a common level across Europe

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 What does ACCENT include? Jointly executed research A scientific program carried out jointly by the participants involving mainly nationally funded activities Integrating activities Co-ordinate scientific programmes in a complementary way, sharing tools and facilities, exchange of personnel Activities to spread excellence Training of young scientists, dissemination of knowledge, dissemination and communication towards the public, understanding of science, exploitation of results, socio-economic evaluations

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT structure

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 The Network 36 Institutions from 18 EU Member States (including 4 New Members) One Institution from a Candidate Country (BG) One International Organisation (IIASA) 4 Institutions from Associated Countries (N, CH) The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT Associates contribute their expertise towards the goals and activities of ACCENT; they benefit directly from the Network's joint research, integration and dissemination activities such as conferences, workshops, access to data, access to facilities, web-based information, education and training tools

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT Associates Two calls for Associates March 2005 April 2006 124 Institutions from 33 Countries, including U. S. , Canada, Japan, China

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT time schedule üACCENT has started March 1, 2004 üACCENT will run for 5 years üImplementation activities are well underway for all tasks/subprojects üAll activities have already produced important results

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT Review • ACCENT is reviewed annually by independent referees • We had back a few weeks ago the second year review: • Good to excellent project. The project has fully achieved its objectives and technical goals for the period and has even exceeded expectations

www. accent-network. org “The web portal aims to be the main tool for communication within ACCENT, to disseminate knowledge to users outside the network and to provide a platform for dialogue between research and society”

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 DATABASE

Several inventories provided for each species Tools for evaluation and intercomparison available soon

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 NO 2 O 3 CH 4 CO H 2 O Br. O SO 2 HCHO Aerosol

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT Meta. Data. Base An advanced application that allows to search for generic data, but is also customisable to ensure that it can meet the needs of any data type, This ensures that the system will be used by the ACCENT community as well as by general users. In addition, the MDB has advanced filter tools to allow users to 'weed out' unwanted search results And as this system expands in the future, the user will have access to more data, without being overwhelmed by the search results, because only relevant results are returned by the search, thanks to the filter tools.

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 FIELD CAMPAIGNS and EXPERIMENTS

2005 BIAFLUX joint field campaign. Braunschweig Field, Germany Focus on reactive Nitrogen and Ozone. 2006 BIAFLUX joint field campaign. Castelporziano (Rome), Italy Focus on VOC and aerosol fluxes Aerosol fluxes: AMS, CPC, UHSAS VOC fluxes: PTR, REA with GC Leaf cuvette and Ozone flux measurements

Network of 20 field sites Auchencort Moss – Scotland UK Cabauw - Netherlands Zeppelin – Spitsbergen, Norway Melpitz - Germany Mace Head - Ireland Sonnblick - Austria Puy de Dome - France Mt. Cimone - Italy Finokalia- Crete, Greece Pic du Midi - France Jungfraujoch - Switzerland

Network of 19 laboratory facilities Physical Chemistry Department – Wuppertal, Germany Centre for Research Atmospheric Chemistry - Ireland SAPHIR – Julich, Germany EUPHORE Laboratories - Spain AIDA Aerosol Chamber - Karlsruhe, Germany Climate Change Unit – JRC Italy Smog Chambers – PSI Switzerland

Network of 19 research aircrafts, in collaboration with

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 INTERCOMPARISONS

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Modelling intercomparisons Δ O 3 - RF Assessment: Modelling past and future ozone changes A variety of models calculate ozone changes since pre-industrial times (1850) and future ozone changes (2100) have been analysed. The modelled ozone changes allow to calculate radiative forcing

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Modelling intercomparisons AQ - Climate Assessment: IPCC 4 Experiment II, 2030 Photcomp A variety of models calculating atmospheric chemistry changes between 2000 and 2030 have been analyzed, which are relevant to the IPCC AR 4 sections: –Global Atmospheric Chemistry and climate change –Air Quality and Climate Change

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Measurements intercomparisons HOx. Comp Intercomparison of OH/HO 2 radical measurement instrument JCOMP Intercomparison of actinic flux / photolysis frequency measurements OVOCcomp Intercomparison of Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compound (OVOC) Measurements Development of procedures for quality assurance of atmospheric models

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT WORKSHOPS

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT Workshops üSummarise existing knowledge; üIdentify major gaps; üLay the basis for future cooperative work.

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 In ACCENT outreach and policy related activities have a relevant role as well as educational tool addressed to different target groups (Lower Graduates, Undergraduates, Postgraduates, Female Scientists, Returning Scientists, Eastern European Science Community, Next Generation of EU Politicians)

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 ACCENT outreach strategy 1. Two way interaction science-EU Policy 2. Platform for dialogue with public 3. Build awareness among scientists Two main products are expected: • Bottom-up scientific synthesis • Top-down policy synthesis

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Science for the general public and press ühand-outs, booklets & narratives üpictures üwebsites

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Press and societal demands for scientists Key statements from the workshop: ARE WE LISTENING ENOUGH? Gothenburg, Oct. 27 -28 2004

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Science for policy makers üDocuments üWeb-sites of policy relevant projects

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 News from the policy world for scientists THE URBINO QUESTIONS whose answers would support future policy making

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Urbino Questions Q 1: How will hemispheric background levels of ozone change over Europe over the next 20 to 30 years? Q 2: What is the contribution of natural sources to air pollution in Europe? How are these sources likely to change in the future due to climate change and global change? Q 3: What is the contribution of secondary organic aerosols to PM 2. 5 in various parts of Europe and which are the contributing sources? What fraction of SOA is of anthropogenic origin? Q 4: What is the change of air pollution levels when moving from the regional scale to the urban air shed scale? How well can we quantify the relations of air pollution levels between the regional, urban background and street canyon scales, for PM 10, PM 2. 5 and ozone?

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Report in press

E-learning • Remote sensing of NO 2: e-learning module on the retrieval of NO 2 concentrations from satellite data. University of Crete

Bringing scientific knowledge to the classroom without ignoring the curricula Providing flexible resources quickly adoptable for single lessons Offering a clearly defined topic as subject of a short school magazine edition Supporting the teacher with a clear structure: science, context, activities, links, integration

The Changing Chemical Climate of the Atmosphere First ACCENT Symposium September 12 -16, 2005

More than 300 scientific contributions illustrating scientific progress on the changing chemical climate of the atmosphere A"trade-fair" for the activities developed to integrate atmospheric composition and chemistry research in Europe Opportunity to interact with policy makers and the general public

More than 300 scientific contributions illustrating scientific progress on the changing chemical First ACCENT Symposium climate of the atmosphere A"trade-fair" for the activities developed to integrate atmospheric composition and chemistry research in Europe Opportunity to interact with policy makers and the general public

More than 300 scientific contributions illustrating scientific progress on the changing chemical climate of the atmosphere A "trade-fair" for the activities developed to integrate atmospheric composition and chemistry research in Europe Opportunity to interact with policy makers and the general public

In press

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 The 2 nd ACCENT Symposium ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION CHANGE Causes and Consequences - Local to Global Urbino, 23 – 27 July, 2007 First Announcement and Call for Papers

ACCENT NATIONAL EVENT Vilnius, February 15, 2006 Sandro Fuzzi, CNR-ISAC, Bologna, Italy coordinator@accent-network. org Michela Maione, Università di Urbino, Italy project. office@accent-network. org