National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark

By its reorganisation in 2011, the National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark was organised in the following research departments: • Department of Policy Analysis • Department of Atmospheric Environment • Department of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology • Department of Marine Ecology • Department of Arctic Environment • Department of Terrestrial Ecology • Department of Freshwater Ecology • Department of Ecology and Biodiversity During the reorganisation, the first three groups formed the Department of Environmental Sciences and the latter five the Department of Bioscience. ==Department of Atmospheric Environment==

The department monitors air pollution in Denmark and Greenland, and works with mathematical atmospheric dispersion models to describe transport, transformation and deposition of air pollutants. The models range in spatial resolution from local air pollution in a single street, to both nationwide and global air pollution. The department also compiles Danish emission inventories as part of Denmark's obligations in accordance with international conventions, and participates in many international collaboration networks within the field of air pollution, and it hosts websites for several such networks. The Department of Atmospheric Environment has a staff of over 65 scientists and researchers who conduct work within the following fields: • Monitoring and mapping of the air quality in Denmark and the Arctic. • Research, development and application of atmospheric chemical dispersion models. • Studying air pollution scenarios and prognoses as well as air pollution from vehicular traffic. • Studies, analyses, and models for the transport, transformation, and fate of toxic air pollutants. ==See also==