Type
European Project
Start Date
01/10/2021
End Date
30/09/2025
Project Website
https://riurbans.eu/
Staff
Xavier Querol Carceller
Project Leader
Teresa Moreno Pérez
Researcher
Fulvio Amato
Researcher
Andrés Alastuey Urós
Researcher
Angeliki Karanasiou
Researcher
María Cruz Minguillón
Researcher
Mar Viana Rodríguez
Researcher
Marco Pandolfi
Researcher
Joan Grimalt Obrador
Researcher
Barend L. van Drooge
Researcher
Meritxell Garcia i Marlès
Researcher
Marjan Savadkoohi
Researcher
Xiansheng Liu
Researcher
Alicia Arroyo
Support
Ana Sotres Fernández
Support
Alejandro Rodríguez Bermejo
Support
Mercè Ratera Bastardas
Support
Sergio de Campos Paus
Support
Project Description
The project aims to demonstrate how service tools from atmospheric research infrastructures can be adapted and enhanced to better address the challenges and societal needs concerning air quality in European cities and industrial hotspots. RI-URBANS responds to urgent needs to substantially reduce air pollution across the European Union by providing enhanced air quality observations in support of advanced air quality policy assessment.
We develop and enhance synergies between Air Quality Monitoring Networks (AQMNs) and research infrastructures in the atmospheric domain and combine advanced scientific knowledge and innovative technologies to develop pilot service tools. These will enhance the AQMNs capacity to evaluate, predict and support policies for abating urban air pollution. RI-URBANS deploys tools and information systems in the hands of citizens and communities to support decision-making by AQ managers and regulators. The focus is on ambient nanoparticles and atmospheric particulate matter, their sizes, constituents, source contributions, and gaseous precursors. RI-URBANS will evaluate novel air quality parameters, source contributions, and their associated health effects to demonstrate the European added value of implementing such service tools.
Funded by the European Commission’s call “European Research Infrastructures capacities and services to address European Green Deal challenges (LC-GD-9-1-2020)”