The concept for QUANTIFY dates back to September 2002, when the following Expression of Interest was submitted to the European Commission. After successfully passing the two-stage proposal procedure (October 2003 and February 2004), contract negotiations were completed in the fall of 2004, and 1 March 2005 marks the start date of the QUANTIFY Intergrated Project. QUANTIFY will run for 5 years until 28 February 2010.
The main goal of QUANTIFY is to quantify the climate impact of global and European transport systems for the present situation and for several scenarios of future development. The climate impact of various transport modes (land surface, shipping, aviation) will be assessed, including those of long-lived greenhouse gases like CO2 and N2O, and in particular the effects of emissions of ozone precursors and particles, as well as of contrails and ship tracks. The project goal includes the provision of forecasts and other policy-relevant advice, which will be supplied to governments and to international assessments of climate change and ozone depletion, such as the IPCC reports (Kyoto Protocol) and WMO-UNEP ozone assessments (Montreal Protocol). Using significantly improved transport emission inventories, better evaluated and hence more reliable models, these new forecasts in QUANTIFY will represent a considerable improvement of current predictions. Long time scales are involved in the transport system and its effects on climate: Some transportation modes have long development and in-service times; some emissions have long residence times and the thermal inertia of the climate system is protracted. The impact of short-lived species, however, depends on location and time of the emissions. So several transport scenarios and potential mitigation options need to be assessed on a sound common basis to identify the most effective combination of short and long-term measures and to inform policymakers and industry. We aim to provide such guidance by focused field measurements, exploitation of existing data, a range of numerical models, and new policy-relevant metrics of climate change. To achieve the goal, several advances in our fundamental understanding of atmospheric processes will be required such as the mechanisms by which pollutants are transported from exhaust into the free atmosphere, the impact of pollutants on clouds and the role of absorbing aerosols.
In QUANTIFY, a total of
35 participants and 4 associated members from 16 European countries and
the U.S.A. are collaborating. The research topics are organized
in 8 closely linked subprojects. They focus on quantification of the
impact of air, sea and land traffic on the global climate. Accompanying
measurement campaigns with research aircraft are an innovative part of
QUANTIFY. Further goals are the dissemination of results through a web
portal with eLearning function, a summer school, and the organisation of an
international conference.
Here you can download a general presentation on QUANTIFY which was
presented during the QUANTIFY Kick-off meeting in Landshut in March
2005. If you use any material from this presentation,
either at wokshops or conferences, we kindly request to be notified in
advance in order to keep track where and when information on QUANTIFY is
being presented.
Download QUANTIFY overview
presentation (2 MB) in PDF format.
Activity |
Leader, Co-leader |
Topic |
---|---|---|
1 |
Lee, Owen |
Transport Scenarios and Emission Inventories |
2 |
Cuenot, Halenka |
Regional Dilution and Processing |
3 |
Isaksen, van Velthoven |
Large-scale Chemistry Effects |
4 |
Lelieveld, Harris |
Long-term Data Sets of UTLS Compounds |
5 |
Zerefos, Gierens |
Aviation, Shipping, and Clouds |
6 |
Shine, Cariolle |
Radiative Forcing and Climate Change |
7 |
Fuglestvedt, Makra |
Metrics |
8 |
Sausen, Erhardt |
Co-ordination and Synthesis |
9 |
Dotzek, Sausen |
Management |
The QUANTIFY Consortium consists of the follwing 35 Participants, and 4 associated Members:
No. |
Institution |
Short name |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
01 |
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. |
DLR |
DE |
02 |
Airbus France |
AI-F |
FR |
03 |
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique |
CEA |
FR |
04 |
Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants |
CERC |
UK |
05 |
Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique |
CERFACS |
FR |
06 |
CICERO - Senter for klimaforskning |
CICERO |
NO |
07 |
Météo France - Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques |
CNRM |
FR |
08 |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
CNRS |
FR |
09 |
Univerzita Karlovy v Praze (Charles University, Prague) |
CUNI |
CZ |
10 |
Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut |
DMI |
DK |
11 |
Det Norske Veritas AS |
DNV |
NO |
14 |
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich |
ETH Zürich |
CH |
15 |
Heavens-Above GmbH |
HA |
DE |
16 |
National Meteorological Administration |
NMA |
RO |
17 |
Universität Bremen |
IUP-UB |
DE |
18 |
IVL Swedish Environmental Institute Ltd |
IVL |
SE |
19 |
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut |
KNMI |
NL |
20 |
Institute for Transport Sciences |
KTI |
HU |
21 |
The Manchester Metropolitan University |
MMU |
UK |
22 |
Max-Plank-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften |
MPICHEM |
DE |
24 |
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
NKUA |
GR |
26 |
National Institut of Meteorology and Hydrology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
NIMH |
BG |
27 |
Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales |
ONERA |
FR |
28 |
Paul Scherrer Institut |
PSI |
CH |
30 |
University of Szeged |
SZTE |
HU |
31 |
Transport & Mobility Leuven |
TML |
BE |
32 |
The Chancellors, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge |
UCAM-DCHEM |
UK |
33 |
The Regents of the University of California, Irvine |
UCI |
US |
34 |
Universitetet i Oslo |
UIO |
NO |
35 |
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
UMICH |
US |
36 |
Universität Hamburg |
UniHH |
DE |
37 |
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford |
UOXF.DC |
UK |
38 |
The University of Reading |
UREADMY |
UK |
39 |
Universytet Warszawski |
UW |
PL |
40 |
University of York |
UYO |
UK |
41 |
Central Aerological Observatory |
CAO |
RU |
42 |
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Ohysics of MSU |
SINP-MSU |
RU |
43 |
State Unitary Enterprise Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute |
TsAGI |
RU |
44 |
China Academy of Transport Sciences |
CATS |
CN |
45 |
Tsinghua University |
TU |
CN |
46 |
Central Institute of Road Transport |
CIRT |
IN |
No. |
Institution |
Short name |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Department of Trade and Industry |
DTI |
UK |
2 |
Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning |
NILU |
NO |
3 |
Rolls-Royce |
R-R |
UK |
4 |
Brian O'Neill |
BON |
AT |
5 |
P. K. Mukhopadhyay |
PKM |
IN |
6 |
B. P. Pundir |
BPP |
IN |
7 |
John van Aardenne |
JvA |
IT |
Function |
Name |
Institution |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
Chair |
R. Sausen |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
D. Cariolle |
CERFACS |
FR |
Member |
B. Cuenot |
CERFACS |
FR |
Member |
N. Dotzek |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
G. Erhardt |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
J. Fuglestvedt |
CICERO |
NO |
Member |
K. Gierens |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
T. Halenka |
CUNI |
CZ |
Member |
N. Harris |
UCAM-DCHEM |
UK |
Member |
I. Isaksen |
UIO |
NO |
Member |
D. Lee |
MMU |
UK |
Member |
J. Lelieveld |
MPICHEM |
DE |
Member |
L. Makra |
SZTE |
HU |
Member |
B. Owen |
MMU |
UK |
Member |
K. Shine |
UREADMY |
UK |
Member |
P. van Velthoven |
KNMI |
NL |
Member |
C. Zerefos |
NKUA |
GR |
Function |
Name |
Institution |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
Member |
U. Cubasch |
FU Berlin |
DE |
Member |
A. Douaud |
CCFA, Paris |
FR |
Member |
A. Flossmann |
Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière |
FR |
Member |
R. Gardener |
DfT, London |
UK |
Member |
K. Haag |
Deutsche Lufthansa, Frankfurt |
DE |
Member |
M. Kanakidou |
Crete University, Heraklion |
GR |
Member |
M. Prinssen |
Havenbedrijf, Rotterdam |
NL |
Member |
A. Watt |
Eurocontrol, Brussels |
BE |
Function |
Name |
Institution |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
Chair |
K. Eleftheratos |
NKUA |
GR |
Member |
G. de Ceuster |
TML |
BE |
Member |
G. Erhardt |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
Y. Jiang |
CATS |
CN |
Member |
R. Paoli |
CERFACS |
FR |
Member |
K. Rypdal |
CICERO |
NO |
Member |
C. Schnadt-Poberaj |
ETH Zürich |
CH |