The TAC conferences on Transport, Atmosphere, and Climate provide a platform for an international information exchange and a discussion forum on the current status of our knowledge of the impact of transport on the composition of the atmosphere and the climate. They continue and broaden the scope of the initial AAC conference Aviation, Atmosphere, and Climate which took place in 2003. The first TAC conferences were successfully held in Oxford in 2006, in Aachen/Maastricht in 2009 and in Prien/Chiemsee in 2012.
Scientific Topics
The scope of the conference covers all aspects of the impact of the different modes of transport (aviation, road transport, shipping etc.) on atmospheric chemistry, micro-physics, radiation and climate. In particular, papers on the following topics are welcome: - engine emissions (gaseous and particulate),
- emission scenarios and emission data bases for transport,
- near-field and plume processes, effective emissions,
- transport impact on the chemical composition of the atmosphere,
- transport impact on aerosols,
- contrails, contrail cirrus, ship tracks,
- indirect cloud effects (e.g., aerosol-cloud interaction),
- radiative forcing,
- impact on climate,
- metrics for measuring climate change and damage,
- mitigation of transport impacts by technological changes in vehicles and engines (e.g., low NOx engines, alternative fuels),
- mitigation of transport impacts by operational means (e.g., air traffic management, environmental flight and ship routing).
Observational, experimental, remote sensing and modelling studies are encouraged. |
