- Local and urban scale modelling
Including the effects of building wakes, street canyons, urban canopy, urban energy balance
- Regional and intercontinental modelling
Including observational and modelling of current and future
scenarios, and impacts on meeting and maintaining air quality standards
- Data assimilation and air quality forecasting
Including new research on focusing ground- and satellite- based
observations into model outputs in creating high-resolution
spatial maps of air quality, network design
- Model assessment and verification
Including performance evaluation, diagnostic evaluation, dynamical
evaluation, and probabilistic evaluation as part of comparison of model outputs with observations
- Aerosols in the atmosphere
Aerosol dynamics, aerosol formation, interaction with multiphase chemistry
- Interactions between air quality and climate change
Observational analysis and modelling analysis of the
effects of air pollution on climate and the impact of
changing climate on future air quality
- Air quality effects on human health, ecosystems and economy
Including air quality trend assessments, cost benefit analysis
of regulatory programs and their effects on air quality, human
exposure and ecosystem burden, integrated modelling approaches
