15th Symposium – Apportionment & modelling: the right way to address the air quality issue

The 4^th session of the 15^th edition of the Concawe Symposium dedicated to Apportionment & modelling: the right way to address the air quality issue took place online on the 10^th of January. This session had to be rescheduled due to the terrorist attack that took place in Brussels at the end of the 1^st  day of the Symposium.

Information on the origin of pollution is an essential element of air quality management and planning to identify effective mitigation measures, and over the years source apportionment has been a key research area for the air quality modelling community. This second session focused on air quality and source apportionment modelling. The experts provided insights on its role in supporting air quality assessment and assessing how air quality can be further improved.

The session started with a presentation about the recent activities of FAIRMODE’s Working Group on Source Apportionment, while scientists from some of the main research bodies working on this topic (JRC, VITO, INERIS, TNO and Concawe) provided examples from source apportionment methodologies and recent application targeted to major air pollutants.

Then, the presenters exchanged during a panel discussion on the different presented models, methodologies developed, and challenges faced with the modelling of some air pollutants.

You can find below the presentations from each speaker:

Session 4 - Apportionment & modelling: the right way to address the air quality issue

Enrico Pisoni, Philippe Thunis – European Commission, Joint Research Centre

• Presentation: Role of Source Apportionment to support Air Quality management
• Recording: Click here
  

Stijn Janssen, Bart Degraeuwe – VITO

• Presentation: The Concawe NO₂ source apportionment viewer
• Recording: Click here

Peter Coenen – TNO

• Presentation: Contribution of Shipping and Aviation to Air Quality
• Recording: Click here

Augustin Colette – INERIS

• Presentation: The air control toolbox and other CAMS policy products for air quality
• Recording: Click here

For more information on the agenda and the topics, please check the programme.

For any questions about the event, please contact symposium@concawe.eu.