ADAQ Research Projects and Networks

Funding for research projects comes from a wide range of sources, including research councils, European Commission, Industry, Government and Local Authorities. A selection of recent projects are given below:

Completed Projects

Optimised Expert System for Conducting Environmental Assessment of Urban Road Traffic (OSCAR), FP5 funded project, 2002-2005
Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban regions of Europe (SAPPHIRE), FP5 funded project, 2002-2005
Integrated Systems for Forecasting Urban Meteorology, Air Pollution and Population Exposure (FUMAPEX), FP5 funded project, 2002-2005
Meteorology applied to Urban Air Pollution Problems (COST 715)
Cluster of European air quality research (CLEAR), consisting of 11 FP5 and FP6 projects, 2002-2007
Regional ozone and atmospheric chemistry (funded by Environment Agency), 2002-2006.
Adsorption of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOC) on Adsorbents Compatible with Thermodesorption: Development of a New Personal Sampling Method. Collaboration with INERIS, France 2001-2004
Characterisation of exhaust particulate emissions from road vehicles (PARTICULATES). Funded by FP5 under the Growth programme, 2000-2003
Development and Application of an Atmospheric Particle Counter. Funded by TTIL, DTi, NERC and Casella, in collaboration with Particle Instruments & Diagnostics (PID), 2000-2003
Remote Measurement of Vehicle Emissions at Low Cost (REVEAL). Co-ordinator: SIRA, UK Funded by FP5 under the Growth programme, 2000-2003
Interception of atmospheric particles by plants, 1999-2002
Relationship between traffic pollution, domestic chimney pollution, poverty and health. Collaboration with Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Environmental and Occupational Health Research Centre (NEOH), Auckland University and Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine 2000-2001
Sources and behaviour of atmospheric volatile organic compounds in urban environments 1999-2002
Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Fine Particles. Funded by the British Council,1999-2002
Development of a GIS based Air Quality Management System. Funded by Thai Government, 1998-2001
Indoor and Outdoor Measurements for CO, NO₂ and PM₁₀. Funded by EPSRC and BRE, 1998-2001
Measurement and Modelling of Air Pollutants and their Impact on Health. Funded by Hertfordshire Environmental Forum, 1998-2001
Measurement and Modelling of Personal Exposure, 1997-2000
Development and applications of an Urban scale Gaussian model. Funded by Thai Government, 1997-2000
Development of a Passive Diffusion Technique by Atmospheric VOC Analysis. Funded by INERIS (France), 1997-2000
Application and Validation of a Time of Flight System for Measuring Air Pollutants. Funded by TCD and Kore Technology, 1997-2001
Development and Application of an Energy Air Quality Model (EQUAM). Funded by Eastern Electricity 1996-1997