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
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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)
Lockdown measures in Spring 2020 only account for half the observed improvements in UK air quality
Guest blogger Eloise Marais shares insights from a recently published paper, examining the causes of air quality change during the first UK lockdown. There was widespread reporting of the air quality improvements in Spring 2020 in comparison to the previous year during the lockdown imposed from 23 March 2020 in the UK. Researchers at Universities … Continue reading Lockdown measures in Spring 2020 only account for half the observed improvements in UK air quality
Guest blog: Modular Relaxed Eddy Covariance sensor for Air Quality – MOREC-AQ
Our featured Scoping Study this month is from the team led by Dr Lekan Popoola, examining the relationship between ammonia (NH3) and particulate matter (PM). The Clean Air Strategy (Defra, 2019) sets out an ambitious, stringent target to cut emission of major air pollutants by 2020 and 2030. A significant air pollution challenge is the … Continue reading Guest blog: Modular Relaxed Eddy Covariance sensor for Air Quality – MOREC-AQ
Guest Blog – Sources, behaviour and mitigation strategies influencing indoor air quality: A pilot study
Each month, we welcome a guest blog post from one of our current Scoping Studies, funded through our recent Collaboration Building Workshop. This month we're pleased to hear from a team examining different influences on indoor air quality. The average person in the UK spends more than 90% of their time indoors, and indoor air … Continue reading Guest Blog – Sources, behaviour and mitigation strategies influencing indoor air quality: A pilot study
Reflections on virtual networking and collaboration
When lockdown arrived in March 2020, it was clear that our carefully laid plans for a two day residential Collaboration Building Workshop were going to have to change. We initially thought that we might be able to hold the event in person by postponing to November, but by the summer it seemed clear that these … Continue reading Reflections on virtual networking and collaboration
SAQN Discussion Board relaunched – introduce yourself!
Our new Discussion Board is live and waiting for your contribution! We wanted to find a way for network members to make connections and discuss important topics without travelling to meetings. We've replaced our previous discussion board with an improved system, which works much more smoothly. The Discussion Board can be viewed by anyone, and … Continue reading SAQN Discussion Board relaunched – introduce yourself!
Air Quality Hub Launches for Local Authority Air Quality Professionals
The Air Quality Hub is a new, free online knowledge sharing resource for those working in the field of local air quality management. Focused on information exchange between local authority professionals, the Hub features a range of content areas related to strategy measures that local authorities can adopt, as well as more specific practitioner advice … Continue reading Air Quality Hub Launches for Local Authority Air Quality Professionals