Roadmap 2020-2022

FAIRMODE SG

Berlin, February 2020

From 2014 towards 2022

Details the activities planned in the Forum for the coming 3 years

Based on the outcome of discussions at previous technical and

plenary meetings (and NCP survey)

FAIRMODE is a Forum for Air Quality Modeling created for exchanging

experience and results from air quality modeling in the context of the Air

Quality Directives (AQD) and for promoting the use of modeling for air

quality assessment and management in a harmonized manner between

Member States.

Terms of reference

Users of the network

Support to users at all administrative levels (national, regional urban and

local) in their policy-related model applications.

Organisation: from WG to CT tasks

1. Flexible organization based on cross-cutting tasks

2. Strengthen work on recommendations & guidance

Cross-Cutting Task

Cross-Cutting Task

Cross-Cutting Task

Cross-Cutting Task

Recommendations

Benchmarking

Guidance

Benchmarking

Guidance

Training

WG WG WGPillar Pillar Pillar

?

Proposed: follow-up (e.g. Src. App., Forecast) or MS (e.g. Microscale, QA/QC)

Discussed in Warsaw; valued with MS survey

Which cross-cutting tasks?

Source apportionment to support AQ management

Development of a QA/QC protocol for AQ assessment

Quality control indicators for AQ forecast

Micro-local scale air quality modelling

Best practices for local and regional AQ management

Near real-time assessment with low-cost sensors

Urban scale emission inventories

Exposure and exceedance model indicators and network optimization

Effectiveness and robustness of air quality projections

Organisation: from WG to CT tasks

1. Flexible organization based on cross-cutting tasks

2. Strengthen work on recommendations & guidance

Cross-Cutting Task

Cross-Cutting Task

Cross-Cutting Task

Cross-Cutting Task

Recommendations

Benchmarking

Guidance

Benchmarking

Guidance

Training

WG WG WGPillar Pillar Pillar

?

Implementation strategy

• Explore and compare

• Harmonise

Benchmarking

• Identify best practices

• Required actions

Recommendations• Describe steps towards fit-

for-purpose modelling

Guidance

To each Crosscutting Task one specific outcome (benchmarking, recommendation or guidance) based on

reached level of maturity

StructurePriorities follow 5 main pillars, closely related to AAQD modelling applications

Assessment, Emissions, Source apportionment, Planning and Management practices

Benchmarking Recommendations Guidance

Each task follows a three-step process

Work is structured around cross-cutting tasks

CT1 - Source apportionment to support AQ management

CT2 - Development of an overall QA/QC protocol for AQ assessment

CT3 - Quality control indicators for AQ forecast

CT4 - Micro-local scale air quality modelling

CT5 - Best practices for local and regional AQ management

CT6 - Near real-time assessment with low-cost sensors

CT7 - Urban scale emission inventories

CT 8 Exposure and exceedance model indicators and network optimization

CT9 - Effectiveness and robustness of air quality projections

Consolidate the fitness for purpose source apportionment guide (in particular with the

remaining open issues)

Support the e-reporting process

Support regions and cities in their SA estimates.

Interact with CEN

CT1 – Src. Apport. to support AQ managementGuidance

Test the proposed indicators (national and CAMS data).

Elaborate a guidance document on the use of forecast indicators

CT3 - Quality control indicators for AQ forecastsGuidance

Follow up and contributing to the consolidation of the MQO,

together with the CEN TC264/WG43.

Elaborate recommendations to set up an overall QA/QC

protocol for air quality modelling purposes.

Follow up and further developing of the EU Composite

Mapping Platform.

CT2 - QA/QC protocol for AQ assessment Guidance

Provide guidance on the assessment of spatial representativeness of

monitoring stations.

Define specific methods to assess the estimation of areas and

population exposed to exceedances.

Provide guidance on fit-for-purpose modelling approaches to assess

exposure and exceedances indicators.

Support the e-reporting process in relation to the “Exceedance

situation” data type

Support network optimization for reporting & model validation purposes

CT8 - Exposure & exceedance model indicators and network optimization

Guidance

Draft a “handbook for plans and programs”

…to support local, regional and national authorities

CT5 - Best practices for local / regional AQ management

Recommendations

Elaborate recommendations on metadata to better understand the

differences between inventories (use of the composite mapping platform)

Draft final recommendations for the compilation of traffic and residential

heating high resolution emission inventories.

Initiate benchmarking activities for new sectors (construction, off-road,

agriculture).

Provide relevant feedback to EMEP, CAMS-REG and IAM.

CT7 - Compilation of high resolution emission inventories

Recommendations

Identify current uses of microscale AQ modelling in the

context of the AAQD (collect best practices)

Determine how to derive AQD relevant statistics (e.g. annual

mean concentrations)

CT4 - Micro-scale AQ modelling Benchmarking

Exchange potential concepts and best practices about the

integration of sensor network data in air quality mapping

methods

Explore how air quality modelling can contribute to the

exploitation and validation of an air quality sensor network.

CT6 - Near real-time assessment with low-cost sensors

Benchmarking

Assess the sensitivity of model responses to emission reductions

Assess how the ex-post assessment of air quality plans and the protocols developed

by some modelling groups can support robustness

Contribute to the harmonization of regional and local scales abatement measures.

Provide overall support to model users (SHERPA, air quality models…) in their

planning activities (measures, emission and model scenarios).

CT9 - Effectiveness of measures and robustness of AQ projections

Brainstorming meeting (Ispra, January 2020)

Benchmarking

Current structure

Steering Group (JRC, EEA, DG ENV & Pillar Experts)P. Thunis, S. Janssen, L. Tarrasón, G. Pirovano, A. Monteiro, E. Pisoni, V. Franco, A. González-Ortiz

Cross-cutting tasks

CT1 - Source apportionment to support AQ management

CT2 - Development of an overall QA/QC protocol for air quality assessment

CT3 - Quality control indicators for air quality forecast

CT4 - Micro-local scale air quality modelling

CT5 - Best practices for local and regional air quality management

CT6 - Near real-time assessment with low-cost sensors

CT7 - Urban scale emission inventories

CT8 - Exposure and exceedance model indicators and network optimization

CT9 - Effectiveness and robustness of air quality projections

G. Pirovano, A. Clappier, P. Thunis

P. Thunis, L. Tarrasón

P. Durka, S. Janssen

F. Martin, S. Janssen

E. Pisoni, C. Guerreiro

J. Wesseling, S. Janssen

M. Guevara, S. López, L. Tarrasón

S. Janssen, L. Tarrasón

A. Monteiro, E. Pisoni, A. Clappier

• Fairmode in the broader context (EMEP TF, AQUILA, EIONET, CAMS, CEN)

• Mandate and Governance

• Role of AAQEG

• Role of SG members and CT chairs

• Role of national contact points

Other

Thank you

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