POLPO

Pollution Hot Spot Monitoring from GOME applied to the Po Basin

Development of a tool to evaluate the severity, the spread and the dislocation of pollution plume as input to future emission trading.

Name	POLPO
Title	Pollution Hot Spot Monitoring from GOME applied to the Po Basin
Programme	DUP (Data User Programme)
Theme	Land
Cost	€90k
Type	Service Demonstration
Status	Completed
Sensors	ERS-2 : GOME
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Objectives	The POLPO project aimed at providing the end users (Environmental Departments) a tool to evaluate the severity, the spread and the dislocation of pollution plumes. The emission transport across country boundaries is important for future emission trading. A prototype tool was developed for monitoring large pollution plumes. The potential of combining ground (in-situ) measurements, ground based column measurements and satellite pollution data for air pollution observation was tested within the project mainframe.
Results	Project executive summary
Prime contractor	EMPA
Subcontractors	CNR-ISAC BO
Users	ARPA-Emilia Romagna SAEFL - Air Pollution Control and NIR Division NABEL
Project Manager	Andrea Weiss Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Dept. Ueberlandstrasse 129 CH-8600 DÃ¼bendorf SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 (0)1 823 40 77 Fax: +41 (0)1 821 62 44 Email: andrea.weiss@empa.ch
Technical Officer	Claus Zehner European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEU Via Galileo Galilei CP. 64 I-00044 Frascati ITALY Tel: +39 06-941.80544 Fax: +39 06-941.80552 Email: claus.zehner@esa.int