OML-Multi Multi source version of OML which handles both point sources and area sources.
OML-DEP More recent version of the OML-Multi developed for describing deposition of air pollutants on local scale.
OSPM Operational Street Pollution Model was developed at NERI-ATMI in the late 1980ties for calculating pol-lution levels in urban streets. It is now applied in a variety of coun-tries mainly in the windows based version (see WINOSPM)
SIMAIR Model system for mapping air pollution from road traffic, and developed by SMHI for use by the Swedish municipalities. The model system contains OSPM.
THOR the air pollution forecasting and scenario system developed at NERI-ATMI which is consisting of a suite of air pollution models on various scales from hemispheric scale down to single streets in urban areas. Cur-rently it includes the MM5 weather forecasting model, DEHM, UBM and OSPM.
UBM Urban Background Model is a highly parameterised model devel-oped at NERI-ATMI in the early 1990ties and still applied for de-scribing air pollution levels in urban background.
VLUFT Norwegian abbreviation for Road Air (In Norwegian: Veiluft) which is a model system based on HIWAY-2 and NBB. The model system con-tains OSPM for calculating pollu-tion levels in urban streets.
WINOSPM Windows based and most recent version of OSPM that may be downloaded from NERIs homepage in a trial copy. This version is now applied in a variety of mainly Euro-pean countries but also other parts of the world.
9.2 Centres, programs and projects AIRPOLIFE AIR POllution in a LIFEtime
per-spective a Research Centre of Excel-lence funded by the Danish Re-search Council 2004-2008. NERI-ATMI was one of the central part-ners.
ANICE Atmospheric Nitrogen Input to the Coastal Ecosystem – EU funded ma-rine research programme 1997-2000.
NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
ASEPS The Air-Sea Exchange Process Stud-ies Funded by US ONR 1993-1996.
and lead by NERI-ATMI.
ATMI Danish abbreviation for the De-partment of Atmospheric Environ-ment (In Danish: Afdeling for At-mosfærisk Miljø) at NERI.
Auto Oil II It is an assessment programme funded by the European Commis-sion to assess future trends in emis-sions and air quality. OSPM was applied in some of the assessments.
BOP A Danish abbreviation for The Dan-ish Background Monitoring Pro-gramme (In Danish Baggrunds-overvågningprogrammet).
CEMIK Danish abbreviation for Centre for Environment Associated Cancer (In Danish: Center for Miljørelateret Kræft) 2000-2004. NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
CML Danish abbreviation for Centre for Environment and the Respiratory System (In Danish: Center for Miljø og Luftveje) funded by the SMP programme 1998-2002. NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
Dobris A series of assessments of the Euro-pean Environment carried out by the EEA.
EXPLUS Danish abbreviation for Exposure to particles and airway reactions in small children with Atopic risk (In Danish: Eksponering for Partikler og Luftvejsreaktioner hos Småbørn med Atopisk Risiko). NERI-ATM;I was a central partner.
HOTGAP Health Outcome and Traffic Gener-ated Air Pollution – project in the TRIP centre under the SMP pro-gramme. NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
LMP Danish abbreviation for the country wide Air Pollution Monitoring Pro-gramme for Urban Areas (In Dan-ish: Landsmåleprogrammet).
Planned and operated by NERI-ATMI.
MEAD Marine Effects of Atmospheric Deposition - EU funded research project 1999-2004. NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
NO-
COMMENTS Research project funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers and with participants from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The project aimed at coupling atmos-pheric and marine models in an in-tegrated online system. NERI-ATMI was a central partner in the atmos-pheric part of the project.
NOVA Danish abbreviation for the Na-tional Monitoring Programme for the Aquatic Environment (In Dan-ish: Nationale Overvågningspro-gram for vandmiljøet) previously VMOP and now NOVANA. NERI-ATMI operates the atmospheric part of the programme.
NOVANA Danish abbreviation for the Na-tional Monitoring Programme for Water and Nature (In Danish: Na-tionale Overvågningsprogram for Vand og Natur) previously VMOP and NOVA.
RAV Danish abbreviation for Risk of Asthma among adults (In Danish:
Risiko for Astma bland Voksne).
NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
Sea90 Danish Marine Research
Programme funded by the Danish EPA 1989-1994. NERI-ATMI was a central partner in the atmospheric part of the programme.
SMP Danish abbreviation for the Danish National Environmental Research Programme (In Danish: Det Strate-giske Miljøforskningsprogram) 1992 - 2004. Danish inter-ministerial en-vironmental research programme with funding from the Danish Law of Finances. NERI-ATMI was a cen-tral partner.
TOV Danish abbreviation for the Traffic Monitoring Programme (In Danish:
Trafikovervågningsprogrammet) was funded by the Danish Ministry of Transport in the 1990ties. NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
TRIP Centre for Transport Research on environment and health impact and Policy funded by the SMP pro-gramme 2000 - 2004. NERI-ATMI was a central partner.
VMOP Danish abbreviation for the Marine Monitoring Programme (In Danish:
Vandmiljøplanens Overvågnings-program) later NOVA & now NO-VANA.
VMP Danish abbreviation for the Danish National Aquatic Action Plan (I, II, III and IV) (In Danish: Vandmil-jøplanen).
9.3 Organisations & institutions DHI Danish Hydrological Institute.
EEA European Environment Agency un-der the European Commission which is residing in Copenhagen.
MAR Department of Marine Ecology at NERI.
NCEP National Centres for Environmental Prediction in the US. NERI obtain course resolution meteorological data for use in the THOR system from NCEP.
NERI National Environmental Research Institute under Aarhus University.
NILU Norwegian abbreviation for the Norwegian Institute for Air Re-search (In Norwegian: Norsk insti-tutt for luftforskning).
NOAH Danish abbreviation for natural sci-ence Wednesday evenings formed at Copenhagen University in 1969 is an NGO working for preserving the environment (In Danish: Natur-videnskablige OnsdagsAftener).
RIVM The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the
Environment (In Dutch: Rijksinsti-tuut voor Volksgezondheid en Mi-lieu), is a Dutch research institute that is an independent agency of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
SMHI Swedish abbreviation for the Swedish Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (In Swedish:
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institute).
SYS Department of Policy Analysis at NERI (In Danish: Afdeling for Systemanalyse).
WHO World Health Organization is a UN body to take charge of the interna-tional health.
WWF World Wide Foundation is an NGO working to preserve nature and en-vironment.
9.4 Other abbreviations
ADT Annual Diurnal Traffic is a common measure of road traffic.
CRT Continuous Regenerating Trap fil-ters are used for reducing particle emissions from heavy duty vehicles.
IMA Integrated Monitoring and Assess-ment.
GIS Geograhic Information System is computer software developed for handling and analysing data with spatial reference.
GPS Geographical Positioning System based on satellite signals.
Radiello A highly efficient device developed in Italy for passive sampling of various specific air pollutants.
Available for CO, NO2, BTX etc.
9.5 Air pollutants
BTX Abbreviation for Benzene, Toluene and Xylenes.
C6H6 Benzene is a gaseous pollutant i.e.
emitted from gasoline driven vehi-cles. Content in gasoline has been decreased due to carcinogenic ef-fects of benzene.
CO Carbon Monoxide is a gaseous pol-lutant emitted from combustion processes incl. road traffic.
H2SO4 Sulphuric Acid which is a particle phase atmospheric pollutant form from the atmospheric oxidation of SO2.
HNO3 Nitric acid is a gaseous pollutant from the chemical conversion of NO2 in the atmosphere. HNO3 has a short atmospheric lifetime since it reacts with NH3 or sticks to any sur-face on ground or ambient aerosol.
NH3 Ammonia is a gaseous pollutant mainly emitted from agricultural ac-tivities related to animal household.
NH4+ Ammonium is a particulate pollut-ant formed from ammonia is at-mospheric reactions with acid gases and particles.
NH4NO3 Ammonium nitrate is formed in the atmosphere in the reaction between NH3 and HNO3.
NHx Is the sum of NH3 and NH4+. NO Nitrogen Oxide is a gaseous
pollut-ant emitted from combustion proc-esses incl. road traffic.
NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide is a gaseous pol-lutant emitted from combustion processes incl. road traffic.
NO3- Nitrate is a particulate pollutant from uptake of HNO3 in existing particles or the atmospheric reaction between HNO3 and NH3.
NOx Nitrogen oxides is the sum of NO and NO2.
NOy The sum of NOx + all atmospheric reaction products both gaseous and particulate.
O3 Tropospheric ozone is a secondary gaseous pollutant with negative impact on nature and human health. In the stratosphere it acts a protection against incoming ultra-violet radiation.
PM Particulate Matter is a mass based measure of particles.
SO2 Sulphur Dioxide is a gaseous pollutant emitted from combustion of fossil fuels.
SO42- Sulphate is the particulate oxidation product of SO2 in the atmosphere.
Total nitrate The sum of gaseous HNO3 and particulate NO3-. Measured on routine basis by the filterpack method at NERI with the NOVANA programme.
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds.