Projet Dust-DN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Atmospheric dust gives us one of the most visible and detectable aspects of transboundary transport of atmospheric constituents, impacting visibility, radiation and climate. What is less evident are its impacts on health, transportation and energy production. Atmospheric dust is not fully understood at the fundamental level and models fail to fully reproduce its properties, limiting potential societal benefits that could arise from more accurate predictions. Moreover, dust observations are abundant, but are still under development, and each technique gives a different picture of a phenomenon with multiple facets. Finally, dust affects the environment, society, and several socio-economic sectors.  Here, we propose the first doctoral network on a European scale (to our knowledge), bringing together expertise on mineral dust in the atmosphere and multidisciplinary methods. Dust-DN is a strategic, international, and intersectoral alliance of high-profile partners. It will be able to deliver advances in understanding fundamental dust properties, and improve our knowledge and prediction of the socio-economic impacts of dust.  We will address the knowledge gaps through creating a cohort of early career scientists within a network between academic and non-academic partners. The doctoral network will be driven by the following research objectives, at the frontier of science on atmospheric mineral dust: (1) Understanding of the fundamentals of dust microphysical properties and processes; (2) Identifying the influence of source regions on atmospheric dust properties; (3) Socio-economic impacts of dust on health, aviation and energy production; and (4) Dust in the global climate system. The partners have unique scientific facilities for addressing these questions, and a number of methodologies will be used, including field observations, remote sensing, numerical modelling and laboratory experiments.

Mots clés : atmospheric dust air pollution mineralogy atmospheric composition climatology and climate change renewable energy sources natural resources and environmental economics meteorology

Participants :
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Émirats arabes unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Generalized Retrieval Of Atmosphere And Surface Properties (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Ernst & young cyprus ltd (Chypre) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre de recherches énergétiques, environnementales et technologiques (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Société Max-Planck pour le développement des sciences (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Met Office (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Eratosthenes centre of excellence (Chypre) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Reading (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université technique de Munich (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie de Darmstadt (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 347385.6 €
- Université d'Évora (Portugal) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 649075.2 €
- Université polytechnique de Catalogne (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 503942.4 €
- Centro académico clínico do alentejo, c-trail (Portugal) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université polytechnique de Catalogne (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Nationale Technique d'Athènes (Grèce) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Aristote de Thessalonique (Grèce) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260539.2 €
- National Observatory of Athens (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 720295.2 €
- Bureau de contrôle et de gestion de la recherche et de l'innovation ( Cyprus Institute) (Chypre) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 861960.0 €
- Rolls-Royce (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Organisation météorologique mondiale (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €