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EMEP work-plan elements in 2009 for HMs
2.1. Emissions
Description/objectives:
To further develop emission inventories; improve the quality, transparency, consistency, completeness and comparability of reported emission and projection data; support the review of compliance; and assist Parties with their emission reporting. TFEIP, led by Norway and co-chaired by Sweden and EEA, provides a technical forum for sharing information, harmonizing emission factors, establishing methodologies for the evaluation of emission data and projections, and identifying and resolving reporting problems, with a view to harmonizing as far as possible reporting requirements with UNFCCC and the European Union’s National Emission Ceilings (NEC) directive.
Main activities by the EMEP Centres:
(d) Elaborate a data set of validated and complete emission data submitted during the 2009 reporting round by 15 April 2009 for use in the EMEP 2007 assessments. Increase the transparency in use of non-Party estimates for modelling (CEIP, MSC-W, MSC-E);
(e) Review sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ammonia (NH3) and particulate matter (PM) emissions (MSC-W) and heavy metals and persistent organic pollutant (POP) emissions for modelling purposes (MSC-E);
Main activities by TFEIP
(b) Consider and propose further actions to close the gap between official emission data for heavy metals and POPs and modelling results in close collaboration with the modelling community (TFEIP, TFMM, MSC-E);
2.2. Atmospheric measurements and modelling
Description/objectives
To support the implementation of protocols to the Convention; provide the measurement and modelling tools necessary for further abatement policies; compile and evaluate information on transboundary air pollution; and implement the EMEP monitoring strategy adopted in 2004. The Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, led by France and co-chaired by WMO, reviews and assesses the scientific and operational activities of EMEP related to monitoring and modelling, evaluates their contribution to the effective implementation and further development of the protocols, and reviews national activities related to measurement, modelling and data validation.
Main activities by the EMEP Centres:
(c) Provide validated data on concentrations, deposition and transboundary fluxes of heavy metals (mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd)) and POPs for 2007 over the extended (eastward) EMEP domain, and update source-allocation calculation, including EECCA countries (MSC-E, CCC);
(d) Prepare individual country status reports; update web access to electronic source-allocation information with validated data for the main pollutants and PM and for heavy metals and POPs (MSC-W, MSC-E);
(e) Review, store and make available the 2008 monitoring data; assess uncertainties in, and the representativeness of, monitoring data required by the EMEP monitoring strategy (CCC, MSC-E and MSC-W);
(f) Provide access to validated databases with EMEP measurement data in 2008 by 31 December 2009 (CCC), after joint revision with MSC-E and MSC-W and bilateral discussions with Parties experts;
(j) Continue support and training in EECCA countries (CCC, MSC-East and MSC-W).
Main activities and time schedule for atmospheric modelling for HMs:
(a) New developments in mercury deposition: Consider nationally available measurements on dry deposition of Hg to forests to evaluate measurement uncertainties and improve model parameterization (CCC, MSC-E, Parties);
(b) New developments in ecosystem dependent deposition: Evaluate ecosystem-dependent depositions of heavy metals and contribute to the development of the effect-based approach (MSC-E, CCE);
(c) New developments in heavy metal dispersion modelling: Continue to develop the heavy metal model parameterization including improvement of the wind re-suspension scheme and implementation of aerosol size-segregated description and removal processes (MSC-E);
(d) New developments in Hg chemistry: Update the Hg chemical scheme in the regional and global models based on new findings of the research community (MSC-E);
(e) New developments in meteorological data preparation: Investigate the possibility to update meteorological drivers by application of WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting Model).
2.4. Hemispheric transport of air pollution
Description/objectives:
To develop a fuller scientific understanding of the hemispheric transport of air pollution and estimate the hemispheric transport of specific air pollutants, the Task Force on the Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution, led by the United States and the European ECE/EB.AIR/2008/8 ECE/EB.AIR/GE.1/2008/9/Rev.1 Page 12
Community, coordinates activities, including collaboration with other international bodies, programmes and networks, both within and outside the UNECE region, with related interests.
Main activities by the EMEP Centres:
(a) Participate in the TFHTAP model inter-comparison for O3, PM compounds POPs and heavy metals with the two EMEP global models (MSC-W, MSC-East);
(b) Contribute to the TFHTAP 2010 assessment report on intercontinental transport of air pollution (MSC-E, MSC-W, CIAM, CCC);
(c) New development - integrated EMEP global system: Evaluate the effect of using different geophysical and emission data in the existing global models used at the two meteorological synthesizing centres (MSC-E, MSC-W);
(d) New development - integrated EMEP global system: Evaluate means for the flexible introduction of different meteorological drivers to be used in the common EMEP global model (MSC-E, MSC-W);
(e) New development - integrated EMEP global system: Identify the changes in existing model routines that are necessary to facilitate common modules for global modelling in EMEP (MSC-W, MSC-E);
(f) New developments for global emission data: Evaluate the new EDGAR THTAP global emission data in comparison with other available expert estimates (CEIP, MSC-W, MSC-E).
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