The overall objective of the ACP is to provide DOE with advanced information on the atmospheric environment that is required for long-range energy planning. The research is carried out primarily at four DOE laboratories and approximately twelve universities and non-DOE labs. The thrusts of this research are on regional and continental chemistry and fate of tropospheric air pollutants, extracontinental and global chemistry and fate of tropospheric air pollutants, and aerosol genesis.
Laboratory studies emphasize rate and equilibrium processes.
Field studies are conducted with aircraft and surface measurements on reaction chemistry, advective influences on the chemical composition of chemistry, and air-surface exchange processes. Modeling efforts address both chemistry and dynamics on regional and global scales.