| Global CO2 forecasts |
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 | 08 March 2013 Global near-real-time CO2 forecast
MACC-II has added a new daily product to its large portfolio of global forecast products. Global atmospheric CO2 concentrations are now being forecasted with a five-day lead time at very high resolution (~16 km in the horizontal, 91 vertical levels) every 3 hours. ... |
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| 1st MACC-II policy-user workshop |
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 | 01 March 2013 1st MACC-II policy-user workshop - Copernicus Atmospheric service for European Air quality policy, Brussels, 18-19 June 2013
The Atmospheric service of Copernicus provides a large number of products, such as daily air quality forecasts, which are relevant for the general public. For European Air qua ... |
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| Smog over Belgium |
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 | 24 January 2013
Today, 24 January 2013, Belgian authorities implemented a smog alarm leading to an immediate reduction of the speed limit to 90 km/h in certain areas. The smog alarm resulted from high concentrations of atmospheric particulates (PM10) that have a direct impact on human health. Especially people wi ... |
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| Impact of black carbon on climate larger than thought |
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 | 16 January 2013 Several key scientists* involved in MACC-II contributed to a study that shows that black carbon aerosol has a much larger impact on climate than previously thought. The study that appeared on 16 January in the American Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres says that the direct influence of b ... |
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| MACC-II aerosol feature in French science magazine |
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 | 08 January 2013 MACC-II aerosol research is featured in this month
'
s issue of
"Pour la Science"
, one of the main general science popularization publications in France (and French version of
"Scientific American"
). Olivier Boucher and colleagues present in very general terms an overview of atmospheric aerosols ... |
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| MACC-II Summer School Open for Applications |
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| 10 December 2012 Applications are now open for the MACC-II
"MODELING AND FORECASTING OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AT DIFFERENT SCALES"
summer school. The lectures will focus on issues such as the acquisition and analysis of in situ and satellite observations, the development of global and regional chemistry-tran ... |
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| Second MACC-II General Assembly |
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 | 25 September 2012 The second General Assembly of MACC-II project has taken place between Tuesday November 6th and Friday November 9th 2012 at Météo-France
'
s Centre International de Conférences.
Please visit the
assembly website
for detailed programme.
Presentations are available
here
.
... |
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| MACC forecasts help to interpret Seattle haze |
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 | 10 July 2012 The MACC-II forecasts of the smoke plume from large wildfires in Russia have been instrumental in understanding the origin of the smoke/haze impact on the American north-west. The area around Seattle has suffered from significant hazy skies over the last week making people wonder if this was smoke c ... |
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| First General MACC-II Assembly |
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 | 20 January 2012 From 27 February until 2 March 2012, ECMWF will host the final General Assembly of the Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC) project combined with the first General Assembly of its follow-on project MACC-II. The aim of the meeting is to review and present the achievements of MACC as ... |
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| MACC-II grant agreement signed |
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 | 19 October 2011 A second phase of funding for the pre-operational GMES atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service provided by MACC has been secured until July 2014. The grant agreement for a continuation project, MACC-II, funded under the European Union
'
s Seventh Framework Programme, entered into force on 14 ... |
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| International day for the preservation of the ozone layer |
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 | 15 September 2011 On 16 September, the world celebrates the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and the benefits brought about by the Montreal Protocol 24 years ago. The stratospheric ozone service of MACC (
http://www.gmes-stratosphere.eu
) aims at monitoring stratospheric ozone and the chemic ... |
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| Eruption of Grimsvotn volcano |
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 | 23 May 2011 On 21 May 2011 the Icelandic volcano Grimsvotn started erupting, emitting large amounts of ash particles, sulphur dioxide, and water vapour. We refer to the web pages of the
London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC)
for up-to-date information and advisories to the public. Up-to-date satellite obs ... |
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| Cold temperatures in Arctic ozone layer lead to ozone depletion |
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 | 04 April 2011 It was exceptionally cold in the ozone layer in the past month. During the first half of March there were several days with record-low temperatures in the stratosphere at altitudes of about 20 km, and the cold period continued for the entire month. This led to sustained low ozone values over the pol ... |
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| Release of radioactive material in Japan |
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| 16 March 2011 MACC is developing services to support institutions that are providing advice and warnings related to atmospheric composition. For the current precarious situation with the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, MACC will not put any plume simulations on the public MACC web site as we have done in ... |
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| Improved aerosol forecasts |
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 | 11 February 2011 The MACC near-real-time aerosol forecasts have been improved. Adjustments to the deposition rates of the various aerosol types as well as an increase of the horizontal resolution have led to better 4-day forecasts.
Daily plots
from the new system are now available on the MACC web site. These plots ... |
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| MACC Conference |
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 | 02 February 2011 The MACC Conference on Monitoring and Forecasting Atmospheric Composition, which also serves as the third general assembly of the project, is an open scientific event. It will provide an opportunity for users of MACC products and the wider scientific community to learn about MACC, interact with pro ... |
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| MACC reanalysis has finished 2004 |
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 | 26 November 2010 The MACC reanalysis, which will cover the period 2003 - 2010, has now finished processing the year 2004.
Monthly mean plots
are available on the MACC web site and the underlying data is available on the
MACC data server
. The aim of the reanalysis is to provide a consistent time series of greenho ... |
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| Volcanic eruption on Java |
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 | 08 November 2010 On 25 October 2010
Mount Merapi
, an active volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, started erupting. Since then it has erupted many times causing a large number of casualties. The volcano has also produced plumes of volcanic ash and sulphur dioxide that can potentially affect air quality and avi ... |
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| 2010 ozone hole smaller than usual |
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 | 03 November 2010 The destruction of ozone in the ozone layer over Antarctica this year is about 40 to 60% less compared to the previous five years, according to MACC analyses based on observations from the SCIAMACHY instrument on board the European ENVISAT satellite. Less ozone destruction is consistent with the exp ... |
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| Second General Assembly Completed |
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 | 25 October 2010 [
full size
]
Over one hundred participants in MACC gathered with reviewers and advisors at Meteo-France in Toulouse this week for the project
'
s Second General Assembly. The substantial progress made since MACC began in June 2009 was recognized, and plans for the final year of the project were ... |
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| Second General MACC Assembly |
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 | 11 September 2010 The Second MACC General Assembly will be held from 18 - 22 October 2010 at Meteo-France in Toulouse, France.
Its aim is to review and present the project’s progress to date and plans for the coming year. This will be achieved through a set of parallel meetings on individual themes, follow ... |
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| MACC Products Related to Russian Fires |
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 | 12 August 2010 MACC makes daily estimates of the emission of aerosols from fires detected by satellite measurements of thermal radiation. It also assimilates satellite measurements of the optical depth of aerosols. The animation shows the aerosol optical depth due to black carbon and organic matter from successive ... |
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| Reanalysis production started |
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 | 01 June 2010 The production of the MACC reanalysis has succesfully started. The reanalysis will cover the period 2003 - 2010, and the first year has now been processed. The aim of the reanalysis is to provide a consistent time series of greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosol combining the information from ... |
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| Volcanic Eruption in Iceland |
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 | 16 April 2010 MACC is developing services to support institutions that are providing advice and warnings related to atmospheric composition. In the case of the current Icelandic volcanic eruption, the direct responsibility for advice for aviation for the region lies with the
London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre
... |
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| Pre-operational Ozone Verification On-line |
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 | 09 February 2010 The pre-operational monitoring and evaluation of the MACC stratospheric ozone service is now available on-line from the
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomie
. The MACC
stratospheric ozone service
is compared with the
BASCOE NRT analyses
of
AURA-MLS level-2 data
. Besides the reference NRT ... |
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| Successful first MACC Assembly |
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 | 22 January 2010 ECMWF welcomed more than 120 visitors to the First General Assembly of the MACC
project, which was held from 11 to 15 January. The aim of the Assembly was to review and present the project’s progress to date and plans for the coming year. This was achieved through a set of parallel meetings o ... |
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| Operational Aerosol Verification On-line |
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 | 09 January 2010 The
operational verification
of the aerosol analysis/forecasting system is now available on the MACC web site. Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) values from the short-term forecast are compared to the observed values from the
AERONET
on a daily basis. The MACC team as well as the users have now the op ... |
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| MACC supports HIPPO-III campaign |
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 | 23 October 2009 MACC supports the American
HIPPO
observational campaign by providing near-real-time forecasts of carbon monoxide, ozone, and aerosol. The “Collaborative Research:
HIAPER
Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study” will measure cross sections of atmos ... |
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| First General MACC Assembly |
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 | 21 September 2009 The First MACC General Assembly will be held from 11 - 15 January 2010 at ECMWF in Reading, United Kingdom.
Its aim is to review and present the project’s progress to date and plans for the coming year. This will be achieved through a set of parallel meetings on individual themes, followed by ... |
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