C-CAPS RESEARCH FACILITIES

Mace Head Atmospheric Research SupersiteThe Mace Head Atmospheric Station contributes to the followinginternational programmes: Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW), EuropeanMonitoring & Evaluation Programme (EMEP), several EU IntegratedInfrastructure Initiatives (EUSAAR, GEOMON, IMECC), and other EUResearch Projects such as PARFORCE, MAP, EUCAARI, and ACCENT.Facilities include state-of-the-art aerosol and gas instrumentation, cloudand wave radar instrumentation, aerosol and meteorological profilers,micrometeorological flux equipment, and a marine meteorology andchemistry buoy facility deployed by the Marine Institute.www.macehead.org

Atmosphere-Ocean Modelling & Informatics FacilityComprises a range of atmospheric and oceanic models, including

regional climate models with atmospheric composition, coupledocean models, stand-alone process models, and GIS

informatics systems. These models are used toprovide quantitative predictions

underpinning policy development.

Chemical Combustion FacilityThe facility supports research into fossil fuel and biofuel combustionwith the aim of improving energy efficient engine and gas turbinesystems design and of evaluating the impact of their use ontoxic and greenhouse gas emissions.www.c3.nuigalway.ie www.nuigalway.ie/c-caps/

The Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS)Environmental Change Institute

National University of Ireland, Galway

Director: Professor Colin O’Dowd (B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., C.Phys., F.Inst.P, F.Roy.Met.Soc.)

Phone: +353 91 493306 Email: colin.odowd@nuigalway.ie

Education and Outreach: Dr. Sarah KnightPhone: + 353 91 495061

Email: sarah.knight@nuigalway.ie

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Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies

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The Centre for Climate and Air PollutionStudies (C-CAPS) is one of four thematic research centres of NUIGalway’s Environmental Change Institute. The Centre consolidatesresearch interests in the areas of climate change and air pollution,enabling physical, chemical, and biological research, socio-economicimpacts, and policy development.

Research is organized into five themes:

� Climate Change� Atmospheric Composition� Air Quality� Atmosphere-Ocean Exchange� Climate-Ecosystem Interactions

Supporting research facilities include:

� Mace Head Atmospheric Research Supersite� Atmosphere-Ocean Modelling & Informatics Facility� Chemical Combustion Facility

C-CAPS aims to promote durable and sustainable multi- and inter- disciplinary research with the aim of delivering the most informedquantification and predictive assessments of climate change andimpacts of air pollution.

C-CAPS RESEARCH THEMES

Climate Change· Regional Climate Modelling and Predictions· Air Quality-Climate Interactions· Climate-Ecosystem Interactions

Atmospheric Composition· Measurements and Modelling of Aerosol Formation and Transformation· Aerosol-Cloud Interactions· Reactive and Trace Gas Cycling· Combustion Chemistry· Anthropogenic Fuel Emissions

Air Quality· Measurements of Urban and Regional Air Quality· Air Quality Modelling· Quantification of Long-Range and Hemispheric Transport of Pollutants

· Indoor Air Quality and Occupational Hygiene

Atmosphere-Ocean Exchange· Biogeochemical Cycling· Air-Sea Fluxes of Greenhouse and Reactive Gases· Air-Sea Fluxes of Aerosols· Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modelling· Modelling of Tidal Surges and Flooding

Climate-Ecosystem Interactions· Impacts of Marine Algae on Climate· Impacts of Pollution and Environmental Change on Ecosystems

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