CORDIS : EU project to determine the role of atmospheric fine particles in climate change
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EU project to determine the role of atmospheric fine particles in climate change
An international team of aerosol and cloud scientists from 25 countries is ready to start measuring the fine particles found in our atmosphere from many locations around the world. Following its first year developing state-of-the-art aerosol measuring equipment, the Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions (EUCAARI) project is now ready to embark on its quest to investigate the role that aerosols play in climate change.
The project team has also established a global network of measuring stations in Brazil, South Africa, China and India. These will cover measurement areas that are geographically important for the monitoring of air pollution. For example, the Brazilian station is located in the rainforest region, and the South African station in the savannah area.
The stations will start operating from the beginning of 2008. The results of the four-year EUCAARI project launched in January 2007 will feed into global climate and policy ending. The total budget of EUCAARI, currently the largest aerosol project in Europe, is €15 million, €10 million of which is covered by the European Union under its Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). One of the partners in the project, the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki, will host the first annual meeting of the project from 19 to 22 November.
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