Publications
Following publication has been announced by our department Chemistry Transport Modeling. For further information please contact Lea Fink, author of the publication:
Fink, L., Karl, M., Matthias, V., Oppo, S., Kranenburg, R., Kuenen, J., Jutterström, S., Moldanova, J., Majamäki, E., & Jalkanen, J.-P. (2023): A multimodel evaluation of the potential impact of shipping on particle species in the Mediterranean Sea. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 10163–10189, doi:10.5194/acp-23-10163-2023
Abstract:
Shipping contributes significantly to air pollutant emissions and atmospheric particulate matter (PM) concentrations. At the same time, worldwide maritime transport volumes are expected to continue to rise in the future. The Mediterranean Sea is a major short-sea shipping route within Europe and is the main shipping route between Europe and East Asia. As a result, it is a heavily trafficked shipping area, and air quality monitoring stations in numerous cities along the Mediterranean coast have detected high levels of air pollutants originating from shipping emissions. The current study is a part of the EU Horizon 2020 project SCIPPER (Shipping Contributions to Inland Pollution – Push for the Enforcement of Regulations), which intends to investigate how existing restrictions on shipping-related emissions to the atmosphere ensure compliance with legislation. To demonstrate the impact of ships on relatively large scales, the potential shipping impacts on various air pollutants can be simulated with chemical transport models.
