Interdependencies of Atmospheric Processes

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Abstract

During recent years it has been conclusively demonstrated that regional air quality and global climate change are highly interrelated because emissions of many pollutants affect both air quality and climate change. The vision of the research network is the determination of all key parameters influencing atmospheric processes on different temporal and spatial scales and the impact on air quality and climate, taking into account both anthropogenic and biogenic emissions. This should lead in the long term to a quantification of the turnover of atmospheric pollutants, their transport from the planetary boundary layer to the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere and a profound understanding of the formation of secondary pollutants as well as the deduction of improved parameters describing radiative forcing.

Keywords

Nitrogen Oxide Street Canyon Peroxy Acetyl Nitrate German Federal Environmental Agency HONO Formation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Chemistry DepartmentUniversity of WuppertalWuppertalGermany

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