The Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution is part of the Department of Environmental Engineering, of Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. The laboratory closely collaborates with other Atmospheric Physics and Meteorology Departments in the country and in Europe via national, international and EU funded programmes.  

Scientific aims

• The determination of atmospheric pollution levels in cities and rural environments.

• Transboundary atmospheric pollution loads.

• Greenhouse gases relation to global and local climatology

• Aerosol optical and chemical properties and their relation to direct and indirect climate forcing

• Study of Indoor Air Quality problems and the effect of indoor atmospheric pollutants on works of art and human health.

• IAQ modelling & management.

• Occupational safety and health issues and industrial hygiene problems.

• Biogeochemistry

• Remote sensing