IGSNRRsupervisor: ProfBaozhangCHEN
UNNCsupervisor:DrNicholasHAMM(SchoolofGeographicalSciences)
AirqualityisahottopicofwidespreadconcerninChina. Mapsofairpollutantconcentrationareimportantformonitoringthesituation,foridentifyingtherelationshipwithemissionsandforsupportingstudiesinepidemiologyandpublichealth. Modelsforairqualityaretypicallyprocess-based(e.g.,atmosphericchemistrymodelsthattrackemissionstransport,atmosphericchemicalreactions,chemicaldecompositionanddeposition)orstatistical(e.g.,land-useregression,basedonempiricalrelationshipsbetweenhumanandenvironmentalcovariatesandmonitoredvalues)orsomecombinationofthetwo. Epidemiologicalstudiesofchronicdiseaserequirehistoricmapsforthelast10to20yearsandsomepapershavealreadybeenpublishedonthistopic. However,bothprocess-basedandstatisticalmodelsarelimitedbydataqualityissuesincludingcurrency,accuracyandmissingvalues. ThisPhDwillfocusonthedevelopmentandevaluationofairqualitymapsforChinabasedonmodels,satellitesandinsitumeasurements. Keyissuestoaddressare:developmentandqualityassuranceofanairqualitydatabase,includingpre-2012data,uncertaintyevaluationofcurrentandhistoricairqualitymaps,identificationoftheappropriatespace-timeresolutionforanalysis.
InformalinquiriesmaybeaddressedtoDrNicholasHAMM(nicholas.hamm@***.cn)andProfBaozhangCHEN(baozhang.chen@igsnrr.***),butformalapplicationsshouldfollowinstructionsinthe‘Howtoapply’sectionbelow.