Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) evolution: improved soil-vegetation-atmosphere modelling and data assimilation of atmospheric constituents
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Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Summary
To achieve the expected outcomes, research and innovation will focus on improving models and techniques related to soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions, evapotranspiration, and trace gas and aerosol dynamics. This includes enhancing numerical models, parameterizations, and data assimilation methods, particularly for CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) systems. Additional priorities include refining methodologies for estimating deposition fluxes, developing accurate pollen source models for more allergenic species, exploring global pollen modelling, and increasing the use of satellite data to improve dry deposition and emission calculations.
Detailed Call Description
The areas of R&I to address the above 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.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €3.00 million.
Thematic Categories
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Space
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.
Synergies with Destination Earth are encouraged.
Coordination with CLMS is also encouraged.
The transfer of research results to operations should receive active attention during the project to strengthen the readiness for an operational deployment in the future. Appropriate involvement and/or interaction with the relevant Entrusted Entities of the Copernicus services, the conditions for making available, for re-using and exploiting the results (including IPR) by the said entities must be addressed during the project implementation.
Proposals are encouraged to build on or collaborate with related EU funded projects like SYLVA (biogenic aerosol) or CERTAINTY and CleanCloud on modelling.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) may participate as member of the consortium selected for funding.
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National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Persons to Contact:
Dr Angelos Ntantos
Scientific Officer
Email: antantos@research.org.cy
Mr. George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy