Group of Atmospheric Aerosol Research (GAAR) ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** "Our mission is to get better knowledge of atmospheric aerosol particle distribution withi boundary layer, aerosol properties, behaviour, sources and health impact.“ ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** We are looking for cooperation with academic partners as well as public and private organi the fields of aerosol science relating to the actual environmental problems. We offer our expertise in the following fields: - methodology for air pollution source reconnaissance authorized by Ministry of the Enviro Czech Republic - technique of airborne profi ling of atmospheric aerosol particles within planetary bound the stress on chemistry/ physics of lower troposphere - all togehter that might serve as the expert opinions and arguments for decision making o levels of air quality administration. ****************************************************************************************** * Know-how & Technologies ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosol *========================================================================================= - Vertical/horizontal profiling and sampling of number and mass of size-segregated aerosol planetary boundary layer using an airship - Highly time-resolved sampling/elemental composition of size-segregated aerosol particles - Aerosol source apportionment based on receptor models - Toxicity/genotoxicity of size-segregated aerosol particles ****************************************************************************************** * Content of Research ****************************************************************************************** Atmospheric aerosol: size-segregated sampling, on-line physic-chemical characterisation, d within planetary boundary layer, aerosol source identi?cation. *========================================================================================= * Main Capabilities *========================================================================================= Field sampling using mobile/stationary container for comprehensive air quality characteris - Vertical/horizontal atmospheric aerosol pro?ling within planetary boundary layer - Air pollution source reconnaissance using advanced receptor models *========================================================================================= * Key Research Equipment *========================================================================================= - State-of-the-art equipment for atmospheric aerosol physical-chemical characterisation -US-EPA approved equipment for aerosol sampling - Gondola for air-borne on-line measurements and highly-time sampling of size-segregated a aerosol particles - Resuspension chamber and closed-loop wind tunnel *========================================================================================= * Main Projects *========================================================================================= - Centre of Excellence for Nanoparticle Toxicity, Czech Science Foundation (GAČR P503/12 G - Highly time- and size-resolved concentrations of atmospheric aerosol and its constituent resolution of its sources and genotoxicity, 2008–2011 - Determination of the concentration of atmospheric aerosol with high temporal resolution estimate its resources and genotoxity, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, - Vertical/horizontal aerosol pro?ling within atmospheric boundary layer, Grant Agency of University, (GAUK-1354314) - Contribution of atmospheric aerosol sources to intermodal fraction, Grant Agency of Char (GAUK-242213) - Methodolody of experimental determination of atmospheric aerosol emission power for sele (TAČR TH02030238) ****************************************************************************************** * Partners and Collaborations ****************************************************************************************** - Atmospheric aerosol characteristics from the mining in coal strip mine Vršany and its co PM10 in nearby settlement, Czech Coal Group (Vršany uhelná a.s.) - PM10 source reconnaissance in small settlements near coal strip pits mine, CEZ Group (Se a.s.) - Characteristic of highly-time resolved sampling of size-segregated aerosol particles in Plzeň, 2013, Environmental Foundation of the city of Plzeň - Highly time-resolved PM10 spatial distribution generated by controlled blast, (NINCBP, v National Institute for Nuclear, Chemical And Biological Protection - Deposition velocity determination of aerosol particles in the size of 0.5–1.0 ?m onto pa Occupational Safety Research Institute - Spatial and temporal PM10 and PM1 distribution aloft residential area and Škoda Auto com of Mlada Boleslav (Municipality of Mlada Boleslav) Important cooperations with many academic research groups in the Czech Republic as well as Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N Quality Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA | The Brown Coal Researc s. c. | Most, Czech Republic | City administration of Mlada Boleslav ****************************************************************************************** * Are you interested in this expertisa? ****************************************************************************************** Please contact CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Tel.: +420 224 491 255 ****************************************************************************************** * Experts and their department ****************************************************************************************** RNDr. Jan Hovorka, Ph.D. Air Quality Laboratory – Accreditation No. 1703 ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Web: https://www.natur.cuni.cz/eng/institute-for-environmental-studies/research-groups/gro atmospheric-aerosol-research [ URL "https://www.natur.cuni.cz/eng/institute-for-environmen research-groups/group-of-atmospheric-aerosol-research"]