Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evolution: Improved Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Modelling and Data Assimilation of Atmospheric Constituents

Scope

• The areas of R&I to address the expected outcomes include:
  • Advancing soil-vegetation-atmosphere surface/interface and evapo-transpiration parameterizations, numerical models and data assimilation techniques;
  • Further development of surface (sub-)models that can account accurately and dynamically for the sources and sinks of key trace gases and aerosols and are compatible with operational implementation in CAMS global and regional systems;
  • Improvement of methodologies to estimate deposition fluxes and associated uncertainties;
  • Develop data assimilation approaches to deliver highly resolved deposition products, based on in-situ deposition networks and Earth Observation;
  • Development of accurate pollen source models for additional species among the most allergenic ones in Europe (the current pollens in the CAMS portfolio are alder, birch, olive, grass, mugwort, and ragweed);
  • Investigation of modelling of pollen at the global scale;
  • Development of further use of satellite observations for improving calculation of dry deposition fluxes and emissions.
• Eutrophication and acidifications of ecosystems remain among the most sensitive environmental issues which drive the revision of emission reduction strategies (UNECE Gothenburg Protocol, NEC Directive). Pollen and many atmospheric trace components such as VOCs represent major public health issues, affecting hundreds of millions of people globally and in Europe. Elaborated soil-vegetation-atmosphere surface/interface models and associated parameterization are needed to represent emissions, concentrations and deposition of such constituents. Enhanced numerical models, data assimilation and parameterization techniques are needed to characterize the fate of such constituents.
• The proposal is expected to develop activities that will improve and expand the operational global and regional atmospheric composition analyses, forecasts, and reanalyses. In addition, the proposal should include some demonstrations of downstream applications that would benefit from these improvements. Synergies with Destination Earth are encouraged.
• The main output of the project should be tools and methodologies that can be readily transferred to the CAMS operational global and regional systems. Coordination with CLMS is also encouraged.

Funding Information

• Budget (EUR) – Year 2025: 3 000 000
• Contributions: around 3000000

Expected Outcomes

• Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
  • Accurate simulation of the biogenic fluxes of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and other atmospheric constituents to represent the corresponding processes in numerical models;
  • Enhanced monitoring of environmental policies regarding eutrophication and acidification of soils and ecosystems as well as for regulatory reporting commitments;
  • Improved management of soils and vegetation with view to reduce health impacts from pollen and VOCs.

Eligibility Criteria

• Entities eligible to participate:
  • Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including legal entities from nonassociated third countries or international organisations (including international European research organisations) is eligible to participate (whether it is eligible for funding or not), provided that the conditions laid down in the Horizon Europe Regulation have been met, along with any other conditions laid down in the specific call/topic.
  • A ‘legal entity’ means any natural or legal person created and recognised as such under national law, EU law or international law, which has legal personality and which may, acting in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations, or an entity without legal personality.
• To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding.
• To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
  • the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions:
    • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
  • the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States:
    • Aruba (NL), Bonaire (NL), Curação (NL), French Polynesia (FR), French Southern and Antarctic Territories (FR), Greenland (DK), New Caledonia (FR), Saba (NL), Saint Barthélemy (FR), Sint Eustatius (NL), Sint Maarten (NL), St. Pierre and Miquelon (FR), Wallis and Futuna Islands (FR).
  • countries associated to Horizon Europe;
    • Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

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