Details of Award

NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00493

Aircraft Measurement of Chemical Processing and Export fluxes of Pollutants over the UK (AMPEP).

Principal Investigator:: Professor D Fowler, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Co-Investigator:: Professor MW Gallagher, The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences
Grant held at:: The University of Manchester, Earth Atmospheric and Env Sciences

ENRIs:: Pollution and Waste; Global Change
Science Topics:: Pollution; Land - Atmosphere Interactions; Tropospheric Processes; Climate & Climate Change

Abstract:: This proposal is focussed on direct measurement of the atmospheric mass budget of a range of pollutants in the gas and aerosol phase in the boundary layer over the UK. New, state of the art equipment is applied to measure the atmospheric mass budget and in particular, the net export from the downwind coast over the UK. For the majority of the pollutants this is the dominant term and its measurement provides a very powerful test of current understanding of the processes and the current generation of long range transport models. The approach is applied to sulphur compounds, oxidized and reduced nitrogen, ozone and related photochemical oxidant precursors, mercury, a range of heavy metals and the main radiatively active gases. The analysis and interpretation of the data is completed using a range of current long range transport, transformation and deposition models.

Authorised funds only

This grant award has a total value of £202,143

Total - T&S	Total - Staff	Total - Other Costs	Total - Indirect Costs
£18,032	£113,795	£17,969	£52,345

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