1. Full name: Dam Duy An                                                         2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: 15th Nov, 1975                                                             4. Place of birth:  Thanh Hoa

5. Admission decision number: Decision 3614/QĐ-SĐH dated on 22/10/2009 by the President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: CMAQ-based research on integrated air quality assessment and air quality forecast in focal Northern economic region.

8. Major: Environmental Sciences                                               9. Code: 62440301

10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr Mai Trong Thong          

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

- For the first time, the time series of emission data REAS v2.1, with resolution of 0.25o x 0.25o, was used to create emission maps, to evaluate air quality of the study area and to estimate the contribution of major emission sources (transportation, industry, households, and others);

- For the first time, the vertical changes of some pollutants of the study area were studied.

- For the first time, total dry deposition of the study area was estimated from the output of model.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

- The study contributes a new research approach to assess air quality in Vietnam by using data from global and regional models;

- The study provides initial results for evaluation of vertical changes by numerical model. Therefore, it is convinced that numerical model can be used to study, to estimate, and to simulate the vertical change of pollutants;

- The evaluation of air quality by CMAQ model may be used to answer practical questions on air environment such as: environmental impact assessment, environmental planning, air monitoring network planning, environmental management, air pollution warning and management of focal Northern economic region in particular and over Vietnam in general.

13. Further research directions, if any

- Further study on dry deposition in the research area and in Vietnam by modeling approach needs to be conducted.

- Further study on the vertical distribution of pollutants, especially oxidized substances, which easily interact to other substances in the atmosphere is necessary.

14. Thesis-related publications:

[1] Dam Duy An, Le Van Linh, Dam Duy Hung (2015), “Applying CMAQ for assessing the impacts of industrial activities on air pollution”, VNU Journal of Science, Vol. 31(3S), pp 6 -13.

[2] Dam Duy An, Le Van Linh, Dam Duy Hung, Mai Trong Thong (2016), “Assessment of Transboundary Pollution Influences on Dry Deposition in the Air in Vietnam by Applying WRF-CMAQ Modeling Approach”, VNU Journal of Science, Vol. 32(3S), pp 1-6.

[3] Dam Duy An, Le Van Linh, Dam Duy Hung, Mai Trong Thong (2016), “Evaluation of a regional air quality forecast model (CMAQ) for tropospheric NO2 and O3 columns using the AURA/OMI satellite tropospheric NO2 and O3 product”, Vietnam Environment Administration Magazines, Thematic Vol. No 2, pp 27-32.

[4] Dam Duy An, Le Van Linh, Dam Duy Hung, Mai Trong Thong (2016), “Applying cmaq model for assessment of dry deposition in the air in northern VietNam”, Vietnam Environment Administration Magazines, Thematic Vol. No 3, pp 51-55.

[5] Dam Duy An, Le Van Linh, Dam Duy Hung, Nguyen Thi Hanh (2016), “Applying CMAQ model for assessment of dry deposition in the air in Vietnam”, Vietnam Environment Administration Magazines, Thematic Vol. No 1, pp 15-20.