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Urban climate and air pollution

The laboratory

Laboratoire "IMAGE VILLE ENVIRONNEMENT"
UMR CNRS-UdS 7362

Faculté de Géographie et d'Aménagement
3, rue de l'Argonne
67000 STRASBOURG Tel : 33 (0) 3 90 24 09 51(secrétariat)

Head of the laboratory : Christiane WEBER, DR CNRS

The team : Nadège BLOND (CR CNRS), Alain CLAPPIER (PU UdS), Sandrine GLATRON (CR CNRS), Didier HAUGLUSTAINE (DR CNRS)

Web site : http://imaville.u-strasbg.fr/-Energie-pollution-de-l-air-et-

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    Doctoral Dissertations in progress

    Manon Kohler. Développement d’un modèle de canopée urbaine. Directeur de thèse : Alain Clappier. Financement  CNRS. 

    Dasaraden Mauree. Développement d’un modèle multi-échelles de calcul des dépenses énergétiques des bâtiments. Directeur de thèse : Alain Clappier. Financement ADEME/Région Alsace

    Completed Dissertations since 2007

    Hussain Sajjad (Doctorant SFERE, 2009-2013, soutenue le 16 avril 2013, Observation et modélisation du climat urbain : application aux villes pakistanaises. Directeur de thèse: Alain Clappier.

    Khalori A., 2008, "La qualité de l'air en milieu urbain : entre mesure et perception". Direction C Weber. Encadrant S Glatron.

    Wania A., 2007, "La végétation en ville : un atout pour la qualité de l’air en milieu urbain - Comportement écologique des espèces végétales et aménagement urbain". Direction C Weber

    Academic Publications since 2007

    Articles published in journals

    2014

    Chinmay J., G. Sachin, G. Beig, N. Blond, D. Chate, R. van der A, Estimation of nitrogen oxides lifetime over India using SCIAMACHY observations, accepted to International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2014.

    Carnevale C., G. Finzi, A. Pederzoli, E. Turrini, M. Volta, G. Guariso, R. Gianfreda, G. Maffeis, E. Pisoni, P. Thunis, L. Markl-Hummel, N. Blond, A. Clappier, V. Dujardin, C. Weber, G. Perron, Exploring trade-offs between air pollutants through an Integrated Assessment Model, accepted to Science of the Total Environment, 2014.

    Mauree D., A. Clappier, N. Blond, M. Kohler, J.L. Santiago, A. Martilli, Development of a 1D-CANOPY model and test in neutral conditions, submitted to Geosci. Model Dev., 2014.

    Mauree D., A. Clappier, N. Blond, M. Kohler, Development of a 1D-CANOPY model and tests in stable and unstable conditions, submitted to Geosci. Model Dev., 2014.

    Mauree D., A. Clappier, N. Blond, M. Kohler, Multiscale modelling of urban meteorology: integration of a 1D-CANOPY model  in the WRF model, submitted to Geosci. Model Dev., 2014.

    M. Mendez, N. Blond, D. Hauglustaine, P. Blondeau, C. Schoemaecker3, P Lebegue,, Development and validation of INCA-Indoor : A new indoor air quality model, accepted to Indoor air chemistry, Actes de conference Indoor Air 2014, Hong-Kong, 2014.

    2013

    Beegum, N., K.K. Moorthy, N. Srivastava, N. Blond, S.K. Satheesh, S.S. Babu, Mian Chin Aerosol Black Carbon over India: Observations versus Model, accepted for publication to Journal of Geophysical Research, 2013.

    Ho Q.B. , A. Clappier, N. Blond, Fast and optimized methodology to generate road traffic emission inventories and their uncertainties, Journal of CLEAN-Air, Water and Soil, doi:10.1002/clean.201300261, 2013.

    Krishna Moorthy, K., S.N. Beegum, N. Srivastava, S. K. Satheesh, Mian Chin, N. Blond, S. Suresh Babu, S. Singh, Performance Evaluation of Chemistry Transport Models over India, Atmospheric Environment,71, June 2013, 210–225, 2013.

    Mehi, L., M. Kohler, N. Blond, A. Clappier, Interactions entre végétation et climat urbain, chapitre dans l’ouvrage « Trames Vertes Urbains : de la recherche scientifique au projet urbain », dirigé par P. Clergeau et N. Blanc, Ed Le Moniteur, 13 pages, 155-167, 2013.

    Menut L., B. Bessagnet, D. Khvorostyanov, M. Beekmann, N. Blond, A. Colette, I. Coll, G. Curci, G. Foret, A. Hodzic, S. Mailler, F. Meleux, J.-L. Monge, I. Pison, G. Siour, S. Turquety, M. Valari, R. Vautard, and M. G. Vivanco, CHIMERE 2013: a model for regional atmospheric composition modelling, Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 981-1028, doi:10.5194/gmd-6-981-2013, 2013.

    Quenault B., N. Blond, S. H. Sajjad, P. Pigeon, Vulnerability and adaptation of urban areas to global changes: a systemic interdisciplinary approach to understand cities trajectories, Ecological Economics and Institutional Dynamics, Actes of the 10th International conference of the ESEE, Lille (France), 18-21 June 2013.

    Quenault B., N. Blond, S. H. Sajjad, P. Pigeon, Cities Confronted with Climate Change : How to Break the Infernal Loop of their Coevolution to Avoid Future Disasters ? Actes of the First International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP) Panel “ Risks and Crisis Management: A New Cause For the Policy Makers ?”, Grenoble, 26-28 June 2013.

    2011

    Ho, Q., B., A. Clappier, 2011. Road traffic emission inventory for air quality modelling and to evaluate the abatement strategies: A case of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Atmos. Environ., 45, 3584-3593.

    Rasheed, A., D. Robinson,  A. Clappier, C. Narayanan, and D. Lakehal, 2011: Representing complex urban geometries in mesoscale modeling, Int. J. Climatol., 31, 289-301.

    Wania, A., et al., Analysing the influence of different street vegetation on
    traffic-induced particle dispersion using microscale simulations, Journal of Environmental Management (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.06.036.

    Wania A., Bruse M., Blond N., Weber C., Micro-scale simulations of vegetation influence on traffic induced particule dispersion, Journal of Environmental Management, 94 (1), 91-101, 2011.

    2010

    Belalcazar, L.C., A. Clappier,N. Blond, T. Flassak, J. Eichhorn, Impact of tracer source configuration on the estimation of vehicle emission factors, Atmospheric Environment, 44, 3814-3822, ISSN: 1352-2310, 2010.

    Ho, Q., B., A. Clappier, and F. Golay, 2010: Air pollution forecast for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2015 and 2020, Air Qual .Atmos. Health, DOI: 010.1007/s11869-010-0087-2.

    Krpo, A., Salamanca, F., A. A. Martilli and A. Clappier, 2010: On the Impact of Anthropogenic Heat Fluxes on the Urban Boundary Layer: A Two-Dimensional Numerical Study, Boundary Layer Meteorol., 136, 105-127.

    Rasheed, A., D. Robinson, A. Clappier, C. Narayanan, and D. Lakehal, 2010: Representing complex urban geometries in mesoscale modeling, Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2240.

    Sajjad, S.H. , N. Blond, A. Clappier, Asif Raza, Safdar Ali Shirazi, Khadija Shakrullah, The preliminary study of urbanization, fossil fuels consumptions and CO2 emission in Karachi. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 9(13), 1941-1948, 2010.

    Salamanca, F., A. Krpo , A. Martilli and A. Clappier, 2010: A new building energy model coupled with an urban canopy parameterization for urban climate simulations-part I. formulation, verification, and sensitivity analysis of the model, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 99, 331-344.

    2009

    Belalcazar, Luis; Ho, Minh-Dung; Fuhrer, Oliver; Zarate, Erika; Clappier, Alain, 2009. Estimation of road traffic emission factors from a long term tracer study. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 43, 5830-5837

    2008

    Baklanov, A., P. G. Mestayer, A. Clappier, S. Zilitinkevich, S. Joffre, A. Mahura and N. W. Nielsen, 2008: Towards improving the simulation of meteorological fields in urban areas through updated/advanced surface fluxes description, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 523-543.

    A.L. Beaulant, G. Perron b, J. Kleinpeter b, C. Weber c, T. Ranchin a, L. Wald a 2008, Adding virtual measuring stations to a network for urban air pollution mapping. Environment International 34 (2008) 599–605 doi:10.1016/j.envint.2007.12.004.

    Koen De Ridder a, Filip Lefebre a, tefan Adriaensen a, Ute Arnold b, Wolfgang Beckroege b, Christine Bronner c, Ole Damsgaard d, Ivo Dostal e, Jiri Dufek e, Jacky Hirsch c, Luc IntPanis a, Zdenek Kotek e, Thierry Ramadier c, Annette Thierry d, Stijn Vermoote a, Annett Wania c, Christiane Weber, 2008, Simulating the impact of urban sprawl on air quality and population exposure in the German Ruhr area. Part I: Reproducing the base state, Atmospheric Environment    42 (2008) 7059–7069, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.045.

    Koen De Ridder a, Filip Lefebre a, Stefan Adriaensen a, Ute Arnold b, Wolfgang Beckroege b, Christine Bronner c, Ole Damsgaard d, Ivo Dostal e, Jiri Dufek e, Jacky Hirsch c, Luc IntPanis a, Zdenek Kotek e, Thierry Ramadier c, Annette Thierry d, Stijn Vermoote a, Annett Wania c, Christiane Weber c2008, Simulating the impact of urban sprawl on air quality and population exposure in the German Ruhr area. Part II: Development and  evaluation of an urban growth scenario, Atmospheric Environment 42 (2008) 7070-7077, doi : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.044.

    Waldvogel Carole, Glatron Sandrine (2008) - L'information sur la qualité de l’air à Strasbourg au regard des représentations de ses habitants. In : Hamman Philippe (Dir.), Penser le développement durable urbain : regards croisés, L’Harmattan, collection « Logiques sociales », pp. 219-241. ISBN 978-2-296-06361-7.

    2007

    Blond N., Boersma K.F., Eskes H.J., Van Der A R.J, Van Roozendael M., De Smedt I., Bergametti G., Vautard R. 2007 Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY nitrogen dioxide observations, in situ measurements and air quality modeling results over Western Europe, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 112, D10311, doi:10.1029/2006JD007277.

    Tuia, D., R. Zah, M. Osses de Ecker, M. Osses, E. Zarate and A. Clappier, 2007: Evaluation of a simplified top-down model for the spatial assessment of traffic emissions in mid-sized cities: the case of Gran Concepcion, Chile, Atmos. Environ.. , 41, 3658-3671.

    Weber C., Wania A., 2007, Qualité de vie : la végétation, un élément d’aménagement raisonné, in Information géographique et dynamiques urbaines. Dirigé par Marius Thériault et François Des Rosiers IGAT. Hermès. Vol. 2 pp 153-172.

    Zarate, E., L. C. Belalcazar, A. Clappier, V. Manzi and H. van den Bergh, 2007: Air quality modelling over Bogota city: combined techniques to estimate and evaluate emission inventories, Atmos. Environ., 41, 6302-6318.