One year of SMART|AtmoSim_LAB and future plans

Author: Giorgi Jibuti
Keywords: Atmosphere, air monitoring, air contamination
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SMART|AtmoSim_LAB was opened in the frames of Georgian German Science Bridge by collaboration between Chair of Physical and Analytical Chemistry and Institute of Energy and Climate-Troposphere (IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich) and with support of Tbilisi City Hall and National Environmental Agency. SMART|AtmoSim_LAB was opened on September 29, 2017 at TSU Building 2, room 353. By the Tbilisi City Hall’s resolution №48.22.980 laboratory received funding for investigating the major contaminants of atmospheric air in Tbilisi. Laboratory has Georgian and German scientific advisors, academician full professor Bezhan Chankvetadze (TSU) and professor Ramaz Botchorishvili (TSU) are Georgian advisors, Dr. Franz Rohrer, Professor Astrid Kiendler Scharr, Professor Andreas Wahner, Dr. Franz Rohrer, Dr. Robert Wegener (IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich) are advisors from German side. Along with routine analysis and evaluation of contaminants, scientific studies are conducted to develop contamination model and forecast methods, as well as new methods and platforms of analysis. Bachelor, master and doctorate students of TSU are participating in research activities, performing various analysis on contaminants in atmosphere and developing mathematical model of contamination. In following presentation, research results of 2018 will be presented as well as future research plans.