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{{Image|NERI Building.jpg|right|250px|NERI headquarters building}}
The '''National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark''' ([[Danish language|Danish:]] ''Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser'') or '''NERI''' is an independent research institute within the [[University of Aarhus]]. NERI undertakes scientific consulting work and monitoring of nature and the environment as well as applied and strategic research. NERI’s primary task is to establish a scientific foundation for environmental policy decisions.


NERI participates in a large number of national and international research programs, and also participates in scientific working groups, commissions, and organizations under such bodies as the [[European Union]] and the [[United Nations]].
==Staff==
As of January 2008, NERI had a total staff of 437, of which 75% were devoted to research and consulting:<ref>[http://www.dmu.dk/International/AboutNERI/Keyfigures/ Key Figures] (NERI website page)</ref>
* Management: 11
* Research and consulting: 325
* Administration:101
==Locations==
NERI has three sites within [[Denmark]]:<ref>[http://www.peer-initiative.org/html/obj17.html NERI - National Environmental Research Institute (Denmark)]</ref>
*Roskilde: The headquarters of NERI, in Denmark's [[Zealand]] island.
*Silkeborg: In the middle part of Denmark's Jutland peninsula
*Kalø: In the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula
==Departments within NERI==
NERI includes a number of departments devoted to various environmental and ecological categories:
* Department of Policy Analysis
* Department of Atmospheric Environment
* Department of Marine Ecology
* Department of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology
* Department of Arctic Environment
* Department of Terrestrial Ecology
* Department of Freshwater Ecology
* Department of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity
==Department of Atmospheric Environment (ATMI)==
The Department of Atmospheric Environment has a staff of approximately 75, of which 35 have academic backgrounds in physics, chemistry, meteorology, engineering, urban planning, including students and visiting scientists from numerous countries.<ref>[http://www.dmu.dk/International/AboutNERI/Departments/AtmosphericEnvironment/Department_description/ Department Description - ATMI] (NERI website page)</ref><ref>[http://www.dmu.dk/International/AboutNERI/Departments/AtmosphericEnvironment/Department_description/departmentdescription.htm Department Description Extended] (NERI website page)</ref> In general, ATMI conducts work within the following fields:
* Monitoring and mapping of the [[air quality]] in Denmark and the Arctic.
* Research, development and application of atmospheric chemical dispersion models.
* Studying air pollution scenarios and prognoses as well as air pollution from vehicular traffic.
* Studies, analyses, and models for the transport, transformation and fate of [[toxic]] air pollutants.
ATMI monitors [[air pollution]] in [[Denmark]] and [[Greenland]],<ref>[http://www.dmu.dk/International/Air/ Air Pollution] (NERI website page)</ref> and works with mathematical [[atmospheric dispersion model]]s<ref>{{cite book | author=Turner, D.B. | title=Workbook of atmospheric dispersion estimates: an introduction to dispersion modeling| edition=2nd Edition| publisher=CRC Press | year=1994 | isbn=1-56670-023-X }}  [http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=L1023&parent_id=&pc= www.crcpress.com]</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Beychok, Milton R.|title=[[Fundamentals Of Stack Gas Dispersion]]|edition=4th Edition|publisher=author-published|year=2005|isbn=0-9644588-0-2}} [http://www.air-dispersion.com www.air-dispersion.com]</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Schnelle, Jr., Karl B. and Dey, Partha R. | title=Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling Compliance Guide| publisher=McGraw-Hill | year=2000 | id=ISBN 0-07-058059-6}}</ref> to describe transport, transformation and deposition of [[air pollutant]]s. The models range in spatial resolution from local air pollution in a single street, to both nation-wide and global air pollution. NERI compiles Danish [[emission]] inventories as part of Denmark's obligations in accordance with international conventions.
NERI also participates in many international collaboration networks within the field of air pollution, and it hosts websites for several such networks.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.dmu.dk/International/ NERI website]

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