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PhD Studentship Opportunities: Air Quality, Agriculture & Climate Measures

Two PhD studentships are currently available at the Centre for Environment Policy, Imperial College London. To apply please send a CV with academic qualifications and 2 referees, plus why you think you would be a strong candidate, to Professor Helen ApSimon (h.apsimon@imperial.ac.uk) by 8 September. Selected candidates will be interviewed in the following week to … Continue reading PhD Studentship Opportunities: Air Quality, Agriculture & Climate Measures

Feature Scoping Study: Developing a compact, low-cost DELTA-Mi with flow sensing for low-time resolution measurement of atmospheric gases and aerosols

Tang Y.S1., Peters D2., McGurk C2., Ul-Haq I2. and Emekwuru, N3 1UKCEH, 2STFC-UKRI, 3Coventry University Each month we highlight one of our Scoping Studies, each funded through our Collaboration Building Workshops. This month we welcome a blog post from Dr Yuk Sim Tang and the team developing a next generation DELTA-Mi sensor that can be … Continue reading Feature Scoping Study: Developing a compact, low-cost DELTA-Mi with flow sensing for low-time resolution measurement of atmospheric gases and aerosols

Lessons learned from our Collaboration Building Workshops

Collaboration Building Workshop 2021 SAQN hosted a second Collaboration Building Workshop in 2021 (14 - 25 June), using the same format as the first workshop, but with improvements identified through the review process. Here we reflect on the impact these changes had on the process.  Launch event We began the workshop with a brief ‘launch … Continue reading Lessons learned from our Collaboration Building Workshops

SAQN funds new research into air quality

SAQN has funded four new Scoping Studies through the innovative online Collaboration Building Workshop. The workshop was the second run by the network, and aimed to develop new interdisciplinary collaborations between air quality scientists and researchers at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Participants came from a range of backgrounds, including particle physics, public … Continue reading SAQN funds new research into air quality

Feature Scoping Study: A UAV-ready sensor package for rapid deployment during volcanic crisis

Each month we highlight one of our Scoping Studies, each funded through our Collaboration Building Workshops. This month we welcome a blog post from Dr Dan Peters and the team using RAL Space's expertise in sensor development to expand our knowledge of air quality in volcanic plumes. Volcanic hazards are varied in nature, and among … Continue reading Feature Scoping Study: A UAV-ready sensor package for rapid deployment during volcanic crisis

Running a Funding Sandpit in a Digital Environment: A Case Study

Our next Collaboration Building Workshop takes place this month, and we've been reflecting on what we learned from the first workshop, which took place last November. Online events are likely to be more prevalent, even once lockdown restrictions are gone, so we have published a case study of our workshop. The paper outlines some of … Continue reading Running a Funding Sandpit in a Digital Environment: A Case Study

Feature Scoping Study: On Track of NH3

Cross-validation of satellite and ground-level measurements Each month we highlight one of our Scoping Studies, each funded through our Collaboration Building Workshops. This month we welcome a blog post from Dr Anna Font (Imperial College London), who is working with STFC colleagues in RAL Space and the Hartree Centre to improve our understanding of ammonia … Continue reading Feature Scoping Study: On Track of NH3

Funding Opportunity: Applications open for Collaboration Building Workshop 2021

14 - 25 June 2021, online Application deadline: 30 April 2021 Expand your network, collaborate with researchers from different disciplines and take the opportunity to put your research ideas into practice using STFC capabilities. We are delighted to open applications for the next SAQN Collaboration Building Workshop.  Following the success of our first workshop, this … Continue reading Funding Opportunity: Applications open for Collaboration Building Workshop 2021

Featured Scoping Study: AIREFUNITS

Our guest blog this month details the AIREFUNITS project, a collaboration between Coventry University, University of Cambridge and STFC's RAL Space. Attention is increasingly being paid globally to the air quality state in regions where continuous air quality monitoring devices hardly exist. This lack of infrastructure is mainly because the resources to acquire such monitoring … Continue reading Featured Scoping Study: AIREFUNITS

Featured Scoping Study: Emulating the Chemical mechanism through Machine Learning to speed up the real time Air Quality Prediction (ECheMLAQ)

This month we welcome a guest blog from a team using STFC expertise in Machine Learning to improve Air Quality Forecasting Systems. The scoping study is led by Dr Pushp Raj Tiwari. Air Quality Forecasting Systems (AQFS) have an integrated chemistry module and simulations through them are computationally very expensive. Here we demonstrate the concept … Continue reading Featured Scoping Study: Emulating the Chemical mechanism through Machine Learning to speed up the real time Air Quality Prediction (ECheMLAQ)