Summer School - Ecosystems at risk: Modelling reactive nitrogen
Exciting Summer School on Reactive Nitrogen, the scope of the FONDA Twinning Horizon Europe project aims to boost the University of Aveiro’s expertise in modelling and mapping reactive nitrogen compounds’ emissions, transport, transformation and deposition. Innovative education and advanced training programmes will foster a new generation of researchers.
This summer school offers an integrated and hands-on introduction to reactive nitrogen in the atmosphere and ecosystems, from fundamental processes to policy relevance. Participants will explore the reactive nitrogen budget and the modelling systems used to study this budget. The programme covers key atmospheric processes, including chemistry, transport, and deposition, alongside state-of-the-art atmospheric modelling and mapping approaches. The ecological consequences of nitrogen pollution and the role of European environmental policies are addressed to connect science with decision-making.Through practical exercises, participants will gain hands-on experience with atmospheric stability analysis, chemistry-transport models, deposition and critical load calculations, and satellite data processing, equipping them with concrete tools for research and applied environmental assessment. This Summer School is the third event organized by the FONDA consortium at the University of Aveiro (UAVR; Coordinator) in close collaboration with the consortium partners TNO (The Netherlands) and the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB).This Summer School will be held in the pleasant and beautiful city of Faro, Algarve, Portugal, from 21-26 June 2026.
Registration due May 1st, 2026.
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