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page last modified:
23 January 2004
   
The TEMIS services will be developed around the requirements of 8 main users, which are introduced below. These users are identified as motivated users: the products of TEMIS can be of help to improve their current activities and they can help the TEMIS team with the validation of the products.

 
RIVM - Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
User type: 1.1
Area of interest:
Air quality, environment
Current activities
RIVM reports to the national government on environmental and health issues. They are involved in periodic European-wide environmental outlooks and scientific underpinning of the European air policy within the framework of UN ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe). Joint efforts are made with UNEP to realise regular global environmental outlooks. RIVM supplies Dutch environmental data to the European Environmental Agency (EEA), and has been designated the EEA's Topic Centre for Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC).
RIVM needs accurate information about air pollution and greenhouse gases. The information is currently retrieved from ground measurements and satellite observations.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
TEMIS can provide information from satellite observation of gases for which currently only ground measurements are used. TEMIS can also provide satellite information which is more accurate than currently used by RIVM. In addition, it can be mutually beneficial to have joint validation activities.
 
ECMWF - Great Britain
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
User type: 1.3
Area of interest:
Meteorological service
Current activities
ECMWF has a need for stratospheric ozone data to improve their numerical weather predictions. Until recently, the ozone data of the TOVS and SBUV instruments were used. This year the ozone data of GOME, as produced by GOFAP, has been included as well. Important is the long-term operational availability of the ozone data.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
TEMIS can prolong the operational delivery of GOFAP ozone columns to ECMWF. An extension with SCIAMACHY data is another possibility. In addition, TEMIS can supply semi-operational ozone profile data to ECMWF to support their research of improving numerical weather prediction by using height-resolved ozone information.
 
Groupe L'Oreal - France
User type: 3.3, 2.4
Area of interest:
Cosmetics
Current activities
Groupe L'Oreal has a research and development department for cosmetics and dermatological research with about 2,600 scientists and support staff. Part of their research consist of studying the effects of the sun's radiation and air pollution on skin and hair. For example, they have done research at the harmful effects of urban pollution on the health, skin and hair of the people in Mexico City. Currently L'Oreal uses hardly any atmospheric satellite data for their research.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
TEMIS can provide data sets derived from satellite observations to complement the research of L'Oreal. These data sets will contain global information of the UV index and UV dose and local information about the tropospheric gases related to air pollution.
 
ARPA Emilia Romagna Meteo. Service branch - Italy
Regional Agency for the Prevention and the Environment
User type: 1.3
Area of interest:
Environmental meteorology. Air pollution
Current activities
ARPA is doing research on modelling of the air quality on a regional scale. For these models accurate observations of the tropospheric gases related to air pollution are essential for initialisation and validation of the regional models. They have an interest in various gases on a regional scale.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
TEMIS can provide data sets of several gases in the troposphere. These datasets can be provided for the period that GOME and SCIAMACHY are (or have been) operational.
 
ITC - Netherlands
International Institute for Geo-Information and Earth Sciences
User type: 1.6
Area of interest:
Projects in developing countries
Current activities
By means of education, research and consulting, ITC contributes to capacity building in the developing world. Their activities are focussed on earth observation, the generation of spatial information and on the development of data integration methods. They provide tools that can support the processes of planning and decision making for sustainable development and the alleviation of poverty in developing countries. ITC is involved in many projects, which all make use of satellite data. Hardly any atmospheric satellite observations are used in these projects.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
Two projects are identified for which TEMIS can make significant contribution:
  1. The improvement of earth surface observations by correcting these observations for absorption by water vapour. Currently no water vapour data is available at ITC. TEMIS can provide the information from SCIAMACHY observations on a regular basis.
  2. The COALFIRE project. This project studies the air pollution and economical consequences in China of large scale underground coal burnings. For this project currently no atmospheric data is used. TEMIS can identify the air pollution by monitoring the amount of SO2 emissions, aerosol, CO and methane emissions.
 
VAAC / Météo France - France
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres
User type: 3.1
Area of interest:
Volcanic emissions
Current activities
The VAACs (Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres) are part of ICAO, an organization responsible for developing international rules governing all areas of civil aviation. The VAACs provide reports to airlines about the location and expected movement of volcanic ash clouds. In case of an volcanic event rerouting of the airlines takes place. Infrastructure for retrieving recent information about volcanic activity is very immature.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
TEMIS can provide a demonstration service of near-real time information about volcanic emissions. These emissions can consist of ash clouds (aerosols) and SO2 clouds. For both emissions the location can be given.
 
NABEL / EMPA - Switzerland
Swiss National Air Pollution Monitoring Network
User type: 1.1
Area of interest:
Air pollution monitoring and modelling
Current activities
EMPA is a research institute, with the Air pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory operating the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL). This ground-based network monitors the air quality situation in Switzerland. Meteorological transport models are employed to link the measured pollution to its source region. For interpretation assistance and as an added value, the inclusion of satellite data is desired. Recently, the inclusion of satellite data for case studies was tested within the DUP-project POLPO.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
TEMIS can improve the knowledge on the air pollution situation as it provides operational maps of tropospheric pollutants with spatial coverage. Further, the TEMIS database could enable improved pollution source attribution. The influence of large-scale pollution on the NABEL measurements could be evaluated.
 
BUWAL - Switzerland
Swiss Federal Office of Environment, Forest and Landscape
User type: 1.1, 1.7
Area of interest:
Air pollution
Current activities
The Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forest and Landscape (BUWAL) is the federal government's centre of environmental expertise. It organises and implements environmental protection measures. BUWAL conceptualises laws and ordinances for environmental protection and promotes sustainable development. As a decision base for efficient pollution reduction, air quality data are collected (NABEL, regional and city monitoring) and scientifically analysed. BUWAL responds to international commitments as, e.g., the European Monitoring and Evaluation Program (EMEP) and the European air quality information system EURAIRNET.
Potential improvement by TEMIS
TEMIS can provide additional information to the ground measurements with the satellite data and interpretation assistance. The air pollution situation can be related to a larger scale with satellite maps of tropospheric pollutants.