Target audience

The GAINS model is targeting two main user categories at various degree of intensities:

• Experts (e.g. from ministries): This largest target audience concerns experts willing to use scientific information related to high-level air quality assessment.

• (Academic) researchers: This second target audience is using GAINS for its own research purposes, to e.g. enhance its own mitigation scenarios or directly collect data.

Prerequisites

GAINS is an online model directly accessible through a web interface. Hence, no other hardware/software requirements than having one of the latest browsers (e.g. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Microsoft Edge) installed on one’s personal laptop/desktop computer is required for using it.

For the more advanced users willing to benefit from the various functionalities of GAINS’ Extensions, the following prerequisites are relevant:

• PyGAINS: Basic data post-processing skills in Python language;

• The GAINS optimization module: Knowledge of the GAMS language and of mathematical optimization.