Air pollution in Europe's urban areas - HALO research aircraft measures emissions from major cities

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Air pollution in Europe's urban areas - HALO research aircraft measures emissions from major cities


Emissions from major cities can spread beyond the limits of these urban areas under certain weather conditions. When this happens, the wind often carries particles and gaseous pollutants over 1000 kilometres. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is currently carrying out a series of research flights, lasting until until 30 July, to find out more about the distribution and conversion of emissions from London, Rome, the Ruhr region and other European urban areas. Scientific leadership of the international EMeRGe project (Effect of Megacities on the transport and transformation of pollutants on the Regional and Global scales) is the responsibility of the University of Bremen. The aim is to better understand and be able to predict the extent and effects of air pollution from populated areas on Earth's atmosphere.


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