Table 4.1
Major IAM tools used in Europe
Models/methodologies
Databases
Drivers
and
Pressures
Emission models
EMEP/EEA, INEMAR, COPERT-IV, TREM,
HBEFA, IMMISem, HERMES, EC4MACS,
TNO-MACC
– UNECE LRTAP Convention and NEC Directive
inventories and projections
– European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
(E-PRTR)
– MACC/TNO emission inventory from the
Copernicus Atmosphere services
– EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global
Atmospheric Research)
– National/regional/urban emission inventories
State
Online and offline chemical
transport models at regional
scale
CHIMERE, CAMx, TCAM,
MEMO/MARS-aero, WRF-Chem, CMAQ,
EMEP, POLYPHEMUS
– AQ reporting database (before 2015: AirBase),
EMEP, EBAS databases of observations
– Copernicus archives for model results
Air quality models at urban
scale
ADMS, URBAIR, IMMIS, MISKAM, OFIS,
VADIS
– AQ reporting database of observations
Air quality and Climate
Change Global scale models
WITCH, TM5-FASST, MOZART-4,
MACC-IFS, NMMB/BSC
– GAW network
– Satellite observations (available from the
Copernicus services)
– Copernicus archives for model results
– ENER
– IEA, EDGAR
Regional Climate models
EURO-CORDEX Ensemble of Regional Climate
Models
Earth System Grid Federation data nodes
Inputs: ERA-Interim and CMIP5 Global Earth
System Model future climate projections
Source/receptor models
EMEP S/R matrices, ANNs
FAIRMODE DB
Short term forecast
Deterministic, Data driven models
Urban databases
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