Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

CAMS General Assembly, Athens, 14-16 June 2016

Etienne Wey (Transvalor for CAMS-94 User Interaction)

What have we heard today?

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(Potential) applications discussed

• Greek GEO office: user needs, regional data hub, including CAMS

• Stable isotope studies (CO2, N2): assess sources and sinks• Improved AQ ensembles: weighting, sub-selection• Air quality index forecasting in China: downscaling, diurnal

variation, PBL• Campaign flight planning (monsoon): CO, NOx, SO2, aerosols• DNI nowcasting for concentrating solar technologies• Summer UV dose risk / benefit (vitamin D)• CALIPSO, EarthCare lidar extinction improvement by aerosol

type classification• NRT air temperature monitoring / heat wave risk and

applications

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Feedback, questions, issues

• CAMS boundary conditions very valuable for regional AQ system in China

• CAMS forecasts represent Asian monsoon in upper troposphere very well

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Requirements (general)

• Today less air quality-focused than earlier user workshops• Constellation of continental AQ initiatives based on CAMS

(MAP-AQ)• How to develop a downstream service from CAMS data?• Easy access to CAMS data (3D fields)

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Requirements (global services)

• CAMS boundary conditions (everywhere on the globe)• Continued campaign support

• Collaboration on emission uncertainties• Learn about reasons for differences / urban PBL effects• flight planning support tool (DLR, direct coupling)

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• Collaboration with Greek GEO office (East Mediterranean, Middle East, N. Africa) -> stimulate new downstream services

• Isotopic / source-determined tracers CO2, N2 ?• Water vapor (from isotopes, solar)• Model extremely high PM2.5 values (~500 µg/m3)• Cloudiness + cloud vectors

Requirements (regional services)

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Seed questions for the discussion

• Which CAMS products are most relevant for you?

• What needs to change so that you use CAMS products?

• Which support do you need?

• Are there major gaps in the CAMS product portfolio?

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Topics for discussion

• (Net of regional) applications• Heat / pollutant / pollen stress / risk /

discomfort App• Easy data access• UV radiation benefit• Isotopes / tracers (CO2)• Aerosol typing for CALIPSO, EARTHCARE

lidar extinction