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InterregIIIA Project: Air Rives Manche Ozone (ARMO)

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To view the most up-to-date information on the ARMO project please go to the website: Air Rives Manche - Ozone Project (www.arm-ozone.org)

September 2005: First UK/Fr partnership meeting on 16th September in Lewes, UK. Progress so far included: UK 8/10 "microsensors" (5 with solar panels) and 1/2 O3 stations installed in Sussex, ARMMO web-site commissioned; Fr - 1/1 AQ Lab in Atmo-Pic operational, INERIS overlapping forecast model to Sussex iminent, Air Normande developing "microsensor" QA/QC lab, +multiple "microsensor" sites across Normandie. (refer to www.arm-ozone.org for latest information).
June 2005:

Project underway; Project researcher and co-ordinator recruited, Ozone micro-sensors arrive in UK, Ozone stations ready for installation in rural locations.

March 2005:

Project approved from European Commission.
11th February 2005: Project supported by European Commission Steering Commitee (Rouen) on 10th February 2005.
7th October 2004: The signing of the Interreg IIIA ARMO project bid partnership documents was undertaken in Rye Town Hall. Those present were Nigel Taylor (SAQSG), Richard Mills (NSCA) and Alain Cornille (Atmo Picardie).

Introduction:

The Sussex Air Quality Steering Group SAQSG and National Society for Clean Air (NSCA) have proposed to build upon the experience and information gained from projects to further our knowledge and provide both environmental and health related information to sensitive populations across “Rives Manche/Channel” region, of Sussex, Normandy and Picardie, on Ozone. It is therefore proposing an InterregIIIA project with partners across the region called Air Rives Manche Ozone: ARMO.

The partners in the ARMO project are:

 SAQSG (Sussex Air Quality Steering Group)
 NSCA (National Society for Clean Air)
 University of Brighton
 Atmo Picardie (Air Quality Institute – Picardie)
 Air Normand (Air Quality Institute – Normandy)

Air pollution and especially ozone is a trans-boundary issue, which effects both rural and urban populations cross regions. The recent 2003 summer heat-wave and resulting incidents of high ozone pollution in France and the SE of England demonstrated how far reaching pollution affected the health of sensitive populations.

Many deaths in the regions were attributed to poor air quality as a result of the weather and so the group has joined a partnership of air quality experts from the region to assess the impacts of ozone. As a result we are proposing a program of monitoring and information research on ozone pollution across the “Rives Manche/Channel” region.

 
 
 

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