Start
Jul 18, 2012 - 16:00
End
Jul 18, 2012 - 17:00
Venue
Room 118 (Creativity Hall) Ground Floor Chemical Engineering Department
Event Type
Speaker
Dr. Jean-Francois Leon Laboratoire d'Aérologie & Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées FRANCE
Title
Monitoring of particulate air pollution for health impact assessment: active and passive remote sensing
Abstract: Particulate air pollutants (particulate matter; PM or aerosols) consist of material in solid or liquid phase suspended in the atmosphere. They may be either emitted into the atmosphere or formed within the atmosphere itself. Atmospheric pollution studies in urban industrialized areas are of increasing interest as it has been well established that in addition to their significant effect on Earth’s climate the fine aerosol particles originated from urban industrialized regions are directly related to adverse human health impact. A dedicated operational monitoring is thus required for the assessment of the atmospheric concentration of particulate matter at various time and space scales. LIDAR based technology is proved to be a powerful tool because of a large range of investigation and a high observation repetition rate. Together with satellite remote sensing it can provide a detailed overview of aerosol spatial variability at a fine scale adequate for health impact assessment. We will present here different aspects of our recent researches on aerosol remote sensing and health impact assessment.