TARFOX was an IGAC activity that operated from 10-31 July 1996 and was established to provide information about the direct effects of tropospheric aerosols on the eastern seaboard of the United States. The principal goals were to:
As of 2008, for the first time, the majority of the world’s population was living in urban areas, many in megacities (with populations over 10 million). Megacities are not only the center of growing economies, but are also large sources of air pollutants and climate-forcing agents.
Archive page of the first phase of TOAR, 2014-2019
Background
Fundamental atmospheric chemistry research provides essential data used in all practical (laboratory, field measurements, remote sensing) and theoretical (climate modeling, pollution modeling, cloud microphysics) aspects of scientific endeavor.
SPARTAN was an IGAC sponsored activity from 2016-2018
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a leading risk factor for premature mortality. Additional attention is needed to improve global estimates of PM2.5 exposure.
Under the guiding principle of providing equal opportunity for all scientists in the Americas, the IGAC Americas Working Group aims to build a cohesive network and foster the next generation of atmospheric scientists with the ultimate goal of contributing to development of a scientific community focused on building collective knowledge in/for the Americas. There is a priority on bringing together scientists from across the entirety of the Americas. To this end, the Americas Working Group seeks to:
The sheer magnitude of China's landmass coupled with its growing and economically advancing population makes it critical to understand its role in air quality and climate on both regional and global scales. Chinese atmospheric chemists have been conducting frontier research for forty years in areas such as urban and regional air pollution and the climate effects and health impacts of air pollution. IGAC intends to more fully integrate Chinese research experience by establishing its first national working group in China. The goals of the IGAC China Working Group are to:
Prof. Dr. Noureddine Yassaa is the Director of "Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables" in Algeria. He is also a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB) in Algiers, Algeria and leading a research group in Environmental Science. He received his doctorate in Chemistry in 2001 from the University USTHB. He conducted some of his doctoral research at the Institute for Atmospheric Pollution, National Research Council (IIA-CNR) in Rome, Italy.
Tao Wang is a professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He received his PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 and then conducted postdoctoral research at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. His earlier work was field investigation of reactive nitrogen and ground-level ozone, in association with the SOS, NARE, and PEM-West programs.
Spyros Pandis is Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Patras in Greece and Research Professor of Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy in Carnegie Mellon University. He received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1991 and joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University in 1993 and of the University of Patras in 2004. His research includes theoretical and experimental studies of atmospheric chemistry as it relates to urban and regional pollution and topics related to global climate change.