Outdoor air pollution

The research aims to develop tools and methods to design effective air pollution reduction strategies. These cover the European, regional, urban and neighborhood scales.

• Simulate the links between emissions and pollutant concentrations

• Simulate atmospheric dynamics

• Develop decision support tools to reduce population exposure to air pollution.

• CLIMAREA « Climate change: improving territorial planning of public institutions for adaptation to change » – 2019-2021. Coordinator : ATMO Auvergne Rhône Alpes.  Participants : French (Auvergne Rhône Alpes, Provence Alpes Côtes d’azure) and italian (Val d’Aosta, Piemonte, Liguria) air quality agencies.
• O3AuRA « Tropospheric ozone: State of knowledge – Actions of reduction » – 2020-2021. Coordinator : ATMO Auvergne Rhône Alpes.  
• OPERA (Projet EU Life+ Environment Policy and Governance)  “Operational Procedure for Emission Reduction Assessment: an integrated assessment methodology to plan local cost-effective air quality policies harmonized with national and European actions” - 2009-2013. Coordinator: ARPA. Participants : ARPA, Università degli Studi di Brescia, TerrAria S.r.l. (I), CNRS, University of Strasbourg. Contrat : L. Marl-Hummel.
• APPRAISAL (EU FP7), « Integrated assessment for regional and local air quality policies » - 2012-2015. Coordinator: Universita degli Studi de Brecia. Participants : Agenzia regionale prevenzione e ambiente dell’ Emilia-Romagna (ARPA), Terraria (s.r.l), Università degli Studi di Brescia (UNIBS), Air quality Agency ASPA, Joint Research Center (JRC), CNRS, , University of Strasbourg.
• FAIRMODE (European Commission Joint Research Centre JRC) “Forum for Air quality Modeling” depuis 2007.

• Thunis, P., A. Clappier, A. de Meij, E. Pisoni, B. Bessagnet and L. Tarrason 2021: Why is the city’s responsibility for its air pollution often underestimated? A focus on PM2.5, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 18195–18212.
• Clappier, A., P. Thunis, M. Beekmann, J.-P. Putaud and A. de Meij, 2021: Impact of SOx, NOx and NH3 emission reductions on PM2.5 concentrations across Europe: Hints for future measure development, Environment International, 156, 106699.
• Thunis, P., A. Clappier, M. Beekmann, J.-P. Putaud, C. Cuvelier, J. Madrazo, and A. de Meij,  2021: Non-linear response of PM2.5 to changes in NOx and NH3 emissions in the Po basin (Italy): consequences for air quality plans, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 9309–9327.
• Reiminger, N., Jurado, X., Vazquez, J., Wemmert, C., Blond, N., Dufresne, M., Wertel, J., 2020c. Effects of wind speed and atmospheric stability on the air pollution reduction rate induced by noise barriers. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 200, 104160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104160
• Reiminger, N., Jurado, X., Vazquez, J., Wemmert, C., Dufresne, M., Blond, N., Wertel, J., 2020b. Methodologies to assess mean annual air pollution concentration combining numerical results and wind roses, Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 59, 2020, 102221, ISSN 2210-6707, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102221  
• Reiminger, N., Vazquez, J., Blond, N., Dufresne, M., Wertel, J., 2020a. CFD evaluation of mean pollutant concentration variations in step-down street canyons. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 196, 104032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2019.104032  
• Jurado, X., Reiminger, N., Vazquez, J., Wemmert, C., Dufresne, M., Blond, N., Wertel, J., 2020. Assessment of mean annual NO2 concentration based on a partial dataset. Atmospheric Environment 221, 117087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117087  
• Pisoni, E., P. Thunis and A. Clappier, 2019: Application of the SHERPA source-receptor relationships, based on the EMEP MSC-W model, for the assessment of air quality policy scenarios, Atmos. Environ., 4, 100047.
• Thunis, P., A. Clappier, L. Tarrason, C. Cuvelier, A. Monteiro, E. Pisoni, J. Wesseling, C.A. Belis, G. Pirovano, S. Janssen, C. Guerreiro and E. Peduzzi, 2019: Source apportionment to support air quality planning: Strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches, Environment International, 130, 104825.
• Peduzzi, E., E. Pisoni, A. Clappier and P. Thunis 2018: Multi-level policies for air quality: implications of national and sub-national emission reductions on population exposure, Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 11, 1121–1135.
• Thunis, P., B. Degraeuwe, E. Pisoni, M. Trombetti, E. Peduzzi, C.A. Belis, J. Wilson, A. Clappier and E. Vignati, 2018: PM2.5 source allocation in European cities: A SHERPA modelling study, Atmos. Environ., 187, 93-106.
• Degraeuwe, B., P. Thunis, A. Clappier, M. Weiss, W. Lefebvre, S. Janssen and S. Vranckx, 2017: Impact of passenger car NOx emissions on urban NO2 pollution – Scenario analysis for 8 European cities, Atmos. Environ., 171, 330-337.
• Carnevale, C, G. Finzi, A. Pederzoli, E. Turrini, M. Volta, G. Guariso, R. Gianfreda, G. Maffeis, E. Pisoni, P. Thunis, L. Markl-Hummel, N. Blond, A. Clappier, V. Dujardin, C. Weber and G. Perron, 2014: Exploring trade-offs between air pollutants through an Integrated Assessment Model, Science of the Total. Environ., 481, 7-16.

• Nicolas Reiminger, Modélisation 3D de la pollution atmosphérique à l’échelle urbaine. Directeur de thèse : J. Vasquez. Financement : ANRT/AIR&D. Actuellement : ingénieur AIR&D. http://www.theses.fr/s186227
• Madrazo, J., 2018: Alternative Methods for Assessing Air Quality and Energy Strategies for Developing Countries: A Case Study on Cuba, Thesis from EPFL n° 9010.  PhD directors: Prof. F. Golay  & Prof. A. Clappier. https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/261332?ln=fr