GMOS
Global Mercury Observation System
| Coordinatore | CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 9˙150˙448 € |
| EC contributo | 6˙882˙068 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) |
| Code Call | FP7-ENV-2010 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-IP-SICA |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-11-01 - 2015-10-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | coordinator | 1˙388˙080.00 |
| 2 |
HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM GEESTHACHT ZENTRUM FUR MATERIAL- UND KUSTENFORSCHUNG GMBH
Organization address
address: Max-Planck-Strasse 1 contact info |
DE (GEESTHACHT) | participant | 708˙675.00 |
| 3 |
IVL SVENSKA MILJOEINSTITUTET AB
Organization address
address: Valhallavaegen 81 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 694˙461.00 |
| 4 |
NORSK INSTITUTT FOR LUFTFORSKNING
Organization address
address: Instituttveien 18 contact info |
NO (KJELLER) | participant | 415˙708.00 |
| 5 |
INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN
Organization address
address: Jamova 39 contact info |
SI (LJUBLJANA) | participant | 363˙490.00 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1
Organization address
address: "Avenue Centrale, Domaine Universitaire 621" contact info |
FR (GRENOBLE) | participant | 317˙445.00 |
| 7 |
MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
Organization address
address: Hofgartenstrasse 8 contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 274˙862.00 |
| 8 |
CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB
Organization address
address: - contact info |
SE (GOETEBORG) | participant | 258˙230.00 |
| 9 |
JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Organization address
address: Rue de la Loi 200 contact info |
BE (BRUSSELS) | participant | 254˙000.00 |
| 10 |
ASSOCIACAO DOS PESQUISADORES DO EXPERIMENTO DE GRANDE ESCALA DA BIOSFERA-ATMOSFERA NA AMAZONIA
Organization address
address: Rodovia Presidente Dutra Km 39 contact info |
BR (Cachoeira Paulista) | participant | 224˙200.00 |
| 11 |
METEOROLOGICAL SYNTHESIZING CENTREEAST*MSC-EAST MSC-E
Organization address
address: KRASINA PEREULOK 16/1 contact info |
RU (MOSKVA) | participant | 216˙373.00 |
| 12 |
ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI
Organization address
address: Sardar Patel Road contact info |
IN (CHENNAI) | participant | 205˙400.00 |
| 13 |
UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
Organization address
address: DORSODURO 3246 contact info |
IT (VENEZIA) | participant | 202˙792.00 |
| 14 |
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS
Organization address
address: AVENIDA RIVADAVIA 1917 contact info |
AR (BUENOS AIRES) | participant | 202˙200.00 |
| 15 |
AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: Nordre Ringgade 1 contact info |
DK (AARHUS C) | participant | 179˙144.00 |
| 16 |
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER
Organization address
address: 155 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau contact info |
FR (ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX) | participant | 164˙351.00 |
| 17 |
Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences
Organization address
address: Guanshui Road 46 contact info |
CN (Guiyang) | participant | 148˙200.00 |
| 18 |
SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY - SPSU
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITSKAYA NAB 7/9 contact info |
RU (SAINT PETERSBURG) | participant | 141˙063.00 |
| 19 |
INSTITUUT VOOR TOEGEPASTE TECHNIEK
Organization address
address: LEYSWEG 68 BUILDING 16 ROOM 57/58 contact info |
SR (Paramaribo) | participant | 132˙200.00 |
| 20 |
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA E GEOFISICA
Organization address
address: ESPARGOS ILHA DO SAL contact info |
CV (ESPARGOS) | participant | 131˙000.00 |
| 21 |
UNIVERSITY OF YORK
Organization address
address: HESLINGTON contact info |
UK (YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE) | participant | 98˙060.00 |
| 22 |
LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE
Organization address
address: RAINIS BOULEVARD 19 contact info |
LV (RIGA) | participant | 91˙134.00 |
| 23 |
South African Weather Service
Organization address
address: Private Bag X097 contact info |
ZA (PRETORIA) | participant | 71˙000.00 |
| 24 |
GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: VASAPARKEN contact info |
SE (GOETEBORG) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The overall goal of the proposed project is to develop a coordinated global observation system for mercury able to provide temporal and spatial distributions of mercury concentrations in ambient air and precipitation over land and over surface waters at different altitudes and latitudes around the world. This will then provide high quality data for the validation and application of regional and global scale atmospheric models, to give to governments, national and international organisations and stakeholders a firm basis for future policy development and implementation. Specific objectives of the proposed project are (a) to establish a Global Observation System for Mercury (GMOS) able to provide ambient concentrations and deposition fluxes of mercury species around the world, by combining observations from permanent ground-based stations, and from oceanographic and tropospheric measurement campaigns; (b) to validate regional and global scale atmospheric mercury modelling systems able to predict temporal variations and spatial distributions of atmospheric mercury entering to and re-emitted from terrestrial and aquatic receptors; (c) to evaluate and identify source-receptor relationships at country scale and their temporal trends for current and projected scenarios of mercury emissions from anthropogenic and natural sources; (d) to develop interoperable tools to allow the sharing of observational and models output data produced by GMOS. The overarching goal of GMOS is to support the achievement of goals set by the GEO / GEOSS, and specifically of the GEO Task HE-09-02d and contribute to the advancement of our scientific understanding in the nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBA) established in GEOSS. The proposed project will rely on the results and knowledge acquired in the framework of past EU projects (i.e., MAMCS, MOE, MERCYMS) and international programs (i.e., UNECE TF HTAP; UNEP F&T partnership area).'
Introduzione (Teaser)
National and regional monitoring of mercury (Hg) concentrations in air, water and biota are currently inadequate for both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. An EU-funded project is expanding measurement facilities to provide the data needed for accurate predictions of changing Hg emissions.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Hg is a rare but naturally occurring element found in the atmosphere, water and soil. It originates in the Earth's crust and cannot be created or destroyed. However, natural and human activities can redistribute Hg with potentially hazardous health effects.
Evidence of changes in the atmospheric Hg burden has been derived from chemical analysis of lake sediments, ice cores and firn air records. However, since the first reliable data collected more than 30 years ago, it has been difficult to determine a global trend from the currently collected data sets.
The EU-funded project http://www.gmos.eu/ (GMOS) (Global mercury observation system) established a worldwide monitoring network for Hg. GMOS includes ground-based stations at different altitudes, shipboard measurements over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and aircraft-based measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.
GMOS partners have established data transfer protocols for the automated measurement systems. By combining data from ground-based stations with those from oceanographic and tropospheric measurement campaigns, they can map temporal and spatial distributions of Hg in ambient air and marine ecosystems.
The GMOS database conserves historical data and is continuously updated with new data from the oceanographic and atmospheric monitoring network. Updated emissions data are used to evaluate spatial and temporal patterns of ambient concentrations related to energy production and manufacturing output.
GMOS focuses on the critical importance of using new data to optimise models and accurately predict the changing Hg emissions and ecosystem response at local, regional and global scales. As new data become available, model predictions are checked against observations in order to fine-tune model parameters.
Close cooperation with major international programmes has ensured the immediate impact of observational data and model output on the adoption of appropriate global legislation. GMOS has provided a significant scientific contribution to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on a global legally binding instrument on Hg.
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