Screening for High Emission Reduction Potentials on Air quality
Within the framework of the EU Air Quality Strategy (COM 2005 446) and the EU Directive 2008/50/EC, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) decided to develop SHERPA – Screening for High Emission Reduction Potentials on Air quality: a screening software based on the relationships between emissions and concentration levels. This tool aims to identify the main macrosectors and pollutants on which to focus the air quality plan for better air quality effectiveness. SHERPA consists of 4 main modules:
- Assessment Scenario: the policy maker can decide the emission abatement in the desired sector in terms of intensity and spatial coverage and test the impact of this scenario for air quality.
- Source Apportionment: provides information on the portion of pollution from outside the region under consideration and the breakdown in terms of macrosectors and precursors for pollution from within the area under study.
- Governance Control Area: spatially identifies the contribution from regions/countries to pollution in a given area. This step is the basis for setting priorities in terms of regional collaboration to increase the efficiency of sector-based reduction strategies.
THE ROLE OF TERRARIA
TerrAria fully developed the tool in terms of both the interface and preprocessors for input/output management.
Client: JRC – Joint Research Center
Year of execution: 2015
