1. The MINNI Project and RAINS-Italy Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005 The latest developments F.Monforti, P.Ornelli, T.Pignatelli, G.Vialetto, G.Zanini ENEA, Bologna and Casaccia Research Centres G.Brusasca, G.Calori, S.Finardi, P.Radice, C.Silibello ARIANET, Milano

2. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention The MINNI Project A 3 year project for the development of a National Integrated Modelling System (closing in mid 2006) Carried out under the leadership of ENEA in cooperation with ARIANET Project financed by ENEA and the Italian Ministry for the Environment (total investment 1,268 million Euros) Summary info: TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005

3. Ultimate Objectives : Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention The MINNI Project - Scenario Analysis for the Göteborg Protocol pollutants, plus O 3 e PM - Policy assessment and cost effectiveness of abatement measures. Support to stakeholders and policy makers -Environment and health impact (acidification, eutrofication, impact on vegetation, effect of PM & ozone on human health) TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005

4. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention The MINNI Project Eulerian Model AMS AMS RAINS Italy TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005

5. RAINS-Italy latest development Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005 - Atmospheric Tranfer Matrices have been calculated, by the Eulerian AMS, for NH3, Sulphur, Nitrogen, Ozone and (provisionally) PM - The RAINS-EU Web structure has been adopted for RAINS-Italy (web user interface in stand-alone mode) - Introduction of the Health Impact Module, similarly to RAINS-EU, (in progess) with national data on population density, life tables etc. - Completion expected in June 2005

6. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention - NEC Review process RAINS-Italy applications - Analysis in the frame of Göteborg Protocol At International Level - Scenario developed in CAFE Programme TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005 - UN-ECE CLRTAP ( ICP Materials ) Italian Sub-Center for Stocks at Risk (Cultural Heritage)

7. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention RAINS-Italy applications (2) - Exposure of Cultural Heritage to corrosive pollutants TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005

8. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention RAINS-Italy applications (3) At National Level - Development at Regional Level of : TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005 > Scenario analysis for Policy Development and Assessment, support for Plans & Programmes in AQ > Sectoral analysis > Assessment of NON technical measures through ad hoc studies of their effects in terms of activity level and control strategy changes

9. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention Example of features of the Eulerian AMS TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005 Monthly Aver. Conc.Primary PMSecondary PM Inventory data 1999

10. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention Extended features of the Eulerian AMS TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005 Aerosol modules Aero3 and Aero0 for PM calculations: Aero3 derived by US EPA Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ) Aero0 mass model as implemented in the Unified Model EMEP An Atmospheric Transfer Matrix, SOA included, will be tentatively calculated, as test run.

11. Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and the Environment Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention Future potential improvements in RAINS-Italy TFIAM Meeting, Berlin, May, 25-27, 2005 - Extention to the Heavy Metals - Higher resolution of the grid (5x5 Km 2 cell) - Extention to the GHGs (IIASA GAINS Model)