Publications

Time- and height-resolved fine ash emissions from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

Stohl, A.; Prata, A.J.; Eckhardt, S.; Clarisse, L.; Durant, A.; Henne, S.; Kristiansen, N. I.; Minikin, A.; Schumann, U.; Seibert, P.; Stebel, K.; Thomas, H.E.; Thorsteinsson, T.; Tørseth, K. , Weinzierl, B.

The impact of North American emission on carbon monoxide and ozone concentrations over Europe. NILU PP

Eckhardt, S.; Stohl, A.; Cassiani, M.; Cammas, J.-P.

Physical and chemical properties of pollution aerosol particles transported from North America to Greenland as measured during the POLARCAT summer campaign.

Quennehen, B.; Schwarzenboeck, A.; Schmale, J.; Schneider, J.; Sodemann, H.; Stohl, A.; Ancellet, G.; Crumeyrolle, S.; Law, K. S.

Uncertainty analysis within the EU HEIMTSA (Health and Environment Integrated Methodology and Toolbox for Scenario Assessment) project.

Sabel, C.; Shaddick, G.; Blangiardo, M.; Salway, R.; Zenie, A.; Denby, B.; Gerharz, L.

Ozone and UV radiation.

Bernhard, G.; Manney, G.; Fioletov, V.; Grooß, J.-U.; Heikkilä, A.; Johnsen, B.; Koskela, T.; Lakkala, K.; Müller, R.; Myhre, C.L.; Rex, M.

Arctic pollution 2011.

Ravilious, K.; NILU contributors: Pacyna, J.; Sandanger, T.M.; Sundseth, K.

Environmental Management Report 2010. NILU OR

NILU.

One of NILU's main goals is to study the impact of pollution. It is thus very important for the institute to have control of the impact the institute's own activities may have on the environment and to reduce the impact as far as possible.

NILU has for many years been working to reduce the impact. In order to take this one step further, it was decided that the institute should restructure the work according to a relevant environmental standard and to seek certification according to the same standard.

The chosen standard is ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use) and NILU achieved certification according to this standard in October 2010.

ExSIRA - Experimental study to investigate risk of selected amines (project no. 199874/S60). NILU PP

Berglen, T.F.; ExSIRA project team.

Climate change impact on building surfaces and façades.

Grøntoft, T.

Air quality management planning (AQMP). NILU F

Sivertsen, B.

Impact of climate change and air pollution on cultural heritage: comparison of European maintenance costs for building facades.

Grøntoft, T.

NO2 calculations for 2010 and 2025 in Oslo and Bærum. Contribution from diesel cars and possible precautions. NILU OR

Sundvor, I.; Tarrasón, L.; Walker, S-E.; Tønnesen, D.

The Air Quality in Oslo in 2025 will be worse than previously expected. If the present trend of a high percentage of sold diesel passenger cars will continue it will make the NO2 levels from light vehicles higher in 2025 compared with 2010.This is due to higher emissions of diesel cars in real driving cycles compared to the emissions standards. The calculation of NO2 concentrations in 2025 shows levels that will violate the directives¿ limit values in a large area of Oslo.

Calculations are done for 2010 and 2025 and results from totally 9 dispersion calculations are shown. Firstly 4 reference calculations are considered looking at the effect of the difference of real emissions factors taken from measurement under typically urban driving-cycle compared with the emission standards. There have also been done 3 mitigation calculations with incentives for lower diesel cars sales numbers and two short-time measures limiting the use of cars.
None of these measures are sufficient for keeping the limit values in Oslo and Bærum in 2025 and hence more measures are needed.