Consultations on Modeling of Source-Receptor Relationship of Transboundary Air Pollution

NEASPEC has made progress on bringing North-East Asian countries together for an in-depth discussion on how to work together to reduce transboundary air pollution (TAP). On 18 – 21 March, NEASPEC Secretariat held Consultations on Modelling of Source-Receptor Relationship of Transboundary Air Pollution at Busan National University, Republic of Korea. Scientific assessments of long-range movement of air pollutants across countries are necessary to guide technical and policy cooperation among the countries. The meeting took place as part of the NEASPEC project on the “Development of Technical and Policy Framework for Transboundary Air Pollution Assessment and Abatement”.
The Consultations aimed at connecting the on-going work on TAP in North-East Asia, including the joint research project on long-range transboundary air pollutants (LTP) of China, Japan and the ROK, with the planned work of the Scientific Research Institute (SRI) of Russia on modelling of source-receptor relationship (SRR) of transboundary air pollution. The consultations shared modelling methodologies, processes and data inventories of LTP and discussed the plan and technical setting of the planned work, which will cover the entire territories of North-East Asia, including the Russia Far East.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
09:30 | Opening Remarks | Sangmin Nam (ESCAP) |
09:40 | Group Photo | |
09:50 | Overview of Modelling under LTP | Cheol-Hee Kim (PNU) |
10:50 | Break | |
11:00 | Progress of model comparison studies during LTP Expert Meeting among China, Japan, and Republic of Korea | Cheol-Hee Kim (PNU) |
12:00 | Lunch | |
13:20 | Overview of national, regional and global emission inventories pertaining to the planned modeling | Hyeon-Kook Kim (Konkuk Univ.) |
14:10 | Break | |
14:30 | Major programmes and operation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) | Cheol-Hee Kim (PNU) |
15:00 | Russian Community of Air Quality Modelling | Experts from Russia |
15:40 | LTP's configurations of meteorological and air quality model | Experts from PNU |
16:30 | Model performance evaluation and verification | Cheol-Hee Kim (PNU) |
Thursday, March 19, 2015
10:00 | Source and arrangement of input data | Experts from PNU |
10:30 | Discussion - Technical support from LTP institution and experts | |
11:00 | Break | |
11:20 | Plan of SRI's modelling | |
12:00 | Lunch |