TRACE - Trends and Sources of Ambient Air Pollution & their Impact Assessment

The ambient air quality project is a strategic research effort designed to help improve air quality and mitigate the adverse impacts of air pollution on public health and the national economy in Qatar. It provides knowledge, national capability and research-based evidence to inform the development of intervention policies for this purpose. It is composed of multiple connected research work packages linking sources of pollutants with atmospheric chemistry and meteorological processes. Ongoing research within this project contributes to benchmarking, revising and developing national standards and guidelines for ambient air quality in Qatar. In collaboration with partners and stakeholders, the project is providing technical expertise in the assessment of the environmental factors determining the human health and economic impacts of air pollution in Qatar and urbanised arid regions. The project team has established very strong links with a wide range of national stakeholders including the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, the Ministry of Public Health and Qatar Meteorology Department. The project includes basic and applied research components and heavily relies on the Air Quality Research Network together with the enhanced aerosol research capabilities at key selected stations for the delivery of both components of this project.

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)