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A Study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Barnes, J., Longhurst, J., Laxen, D., Irwin, J., …Zamparutti, T. (2014, July). A Study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010. Presented at Air Pollution 2014: 22nd International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, Opatija, Croatia

A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Barnes, J., Longhurst, J., Laxen, D., Irwin, J., …Zamparutti, T. (2014, June). A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010. Paper presented at 2014 Annual UK Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research, Solihull

Summary This study reviews ozone concentrations from rural monitoring stations across Europe between 1996 and 2010 across a range of statistics with regard to the various objectives, target values and thresholds established by the 2008 Ambient Air Q... Read More about A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010.

A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value (2014)
Thesis
Barnes, J. A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/816527

Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) was initially intended to play a supplementary role in assisting the UK government in achieving its European air quality obligations (Directive 2008/50/EC) through the implementation of action plans to reduce publi... Read More about A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value.

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the South Yorkshire ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme (2014)
Report
Barnes, J., & Bailey, R. (2014). Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the South Yorkshire ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme

In March 2013, the Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC), UWE, Bristol was commissioned to develop a methodology to enable an ongoing quantitative and qualitative assessment (Q&QA) of the impact of the ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme on v... Read More about Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the South Yorkshire ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme.

A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Barnes, J., Longhurst, J., Laxen, D., Irwin, J., …Zamparutti, T. (2014, March). A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010. Paper presented at 9th International Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Summary This study reviews ozone concentrations from rural monitoring stations across Europe between 1996 and 2010 across a range of statistics with regard to the various objectives, target values and thresholds established by the 2008 Ambient Air Q... Read More about A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010.

A study of ozone exposure across Europe: 2004–2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Barnes, J., Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., & Longhurst, J. (2014, March). A study of ozone exposure across Europe: 2004–2010. Poster presented at 9th International Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Summary This study presents an assessment of exposure to ozone exceedences across Europe using a new methodology based around the Eurostat degree of urbanisation (DEGURBA) classification, which provides the ability to categorise exposure into ‘Urban... Read More about A study of ozone exposure across Europe: 2004–2010.

Assessment of air quality in the vicinity of Delimara power station, Malta (2014)
Report
Barnes, J. (2014). Assessment of air quality in the vicinity of Delimara power station, Malta

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC), University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) was appointed by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) and the Monitoring Committee, following a competitive tendering process, to asse... Read More about Assessment of air quality in the vicinity of Delimara power station, Malta.

Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Chatterton, T., Barnes, J., Wilson, R., Anable, J., & Cairns, S. (2014, January). Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics. Paper presented at 46th Universities' Transport Studies Group, Annual Conference January 2014, Newcastle

This paper is an early output from the EPSRC/RCUK Energy Programme project, MOT (Motoring and vehicle Ownership Trends in the UK). The MOT test record dataset recently released by the Department for Transport provides the ability to estimate annual m... Read More about Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics.

Is local air quality management a successful strategy for achieving selected EU limit values? (2014)
Book Chapter
Barnes, J. H., Hayes, E. T., & Longhurst, J. (2014). Is local air quality management a successful strategy for achieving selected EU limit values?. In J. Longhurst, & C. A. Brebbia (Eds.), Air Pollution XXII (285-297). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR140241

This research examines the role of Local Air Quality Management Action Planning in achieving the EU limit value for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean, focusing on those Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) declared in England before July 2005 for ex... Read More about Is local air quality management a successful strategy for achieving selected EU limit values?.

Has implementation of local air quality management reduced local nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the UK? (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Barnes, J., Hayes, E. T., & Longhurst, J. W. (2014). Has implementation of local air quality management reduced local nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the UK?. In J. Longhurst, & C. A. Brebbia (Eds.), Air Pollution XXII (365-376). https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR140301

In February 2014 the European Commission launched legal proceedings against the UK for its failure to cut excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The failure of national action to achieve the necessary reduction in NO2 places an increasing onus o... Read More about Has implementation of local air quality management reduced local nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the UK?.

Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues (2013)
Journal Article
Hayes, E. T., Chatterton, T., Barnes, J., & Longhurst, J. (2013). Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues. Clean Air Journal, 23(1), 23-31

For key stakeholders to make informed air quality management decisions it is often necessary for in-depth data analysis to be tailored and concisely presented to meet their needs. Given the complexity of sources, the abundance of relevant data (e.g.... Read More about Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues.

Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain? (2013)
Journal Article
Barnes, J., Hayes, E. T., Chatterton, T., & Longhurst, J. (2014). Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain?. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 57(5), 660-681. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2012.762573

UK local air quality action planning has failed to remediate exceedances of air quality targets, particularly for nitrogen dioxide, which are widespread and persistent a decade after the first local action plans were drafted. This paper is relevant t... Read More about Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain?.

Air quality action planning: Barriers to remediation in local air quality management (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Barnes, J., Hayes, E. T., Longhurst, J., & Olowoporoku, A. (2012, May). Air quality action planning: Barriers to remediation in local air quality management. Paper presented at Air Pollution 2012: 20th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, A Coruna, Spain

Presentation

Assessing the potential for local action to achieve EU limit values (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Barnes, J., Chatterton, T., Hayes, E. T., Longhurst, J., & Olowoporoku, A. (2011, September). Assessing the potential for local action to achieve EU limit values. Paper presented at Nineteenth International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, Malta

Presentation