Chapter 4
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current
EU Situation
C. Belis, N. Blond, C. Bouland, C. Carnevale, A. Clappier, J. Douros,
E. Fragkou, G. Guariso, A.I. Miranda, Z. Nahorski, E. Pisoni,
J.-L. Ponche, P. Thunis, P. Viaene and M. Volta
4.1 Introduction
As already noted, the 2008 European Air Quality Directive (AQD) (2008/50/EC)
encourages the use of models in combination with monitoring in a range of
applications. It also requires Member States (MS) to design appropriate air quality
C. Belis Á G. Guariso
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
N. Blond
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France
C. Bouland
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
C. Carnevale Á M. Volta (&)
Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
e-mail: marialuisa.volta@unibs.it
A. Clappier Á
J.-L.Ponche
Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
J. Douros Á E. Fragkou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
A.I. Miranda
Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Z. Nahorski
Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBS-PAN),
Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
E. Pisoni Á P. Thunis
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate for Energy,
Transport and Climate, Air and Climate Unit, Ispra, Italy
P. Viaene
Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek n.v. (VITO), Mol, Belgium
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