scholarly journals Comment on “Simulation of Surface Ozone Pollution in the Central Gulf Coast Region Using WRF/Chem Model: Sensitivity to PBL and Land Surface Physics”

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Pleim
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
Air Quality Modeling ◽  
Weather Research And Forecasting ◽  
Ozone Pollution ◽  
Quality Modeling ◽  
Gulf Coast Region

A recently published meteorology and air quality modeling study has several serious deficiencies deserving comment. The study uses the weather research and forecasting/chemistry (WRF/Chem) model to compare and evaluate boundary layer and land surface modeling options. The most serious of the study's deficiencies is reporting WRF/Chem results for both meteorological and chemical quantities using the asymmetric convective model version 2 (ACM2). While the ACM2 is a valid model option for WRF, it has not yet been implemented for the chemical portion of the WRF/Chem model. Hence, the reported air quality modeling results using ACM2 are invalid. Furthermore, publication of these results gives the erroneous impression that the ACM2 model is not well suited for air quality applications when, in fact, it is the default boundary layer model in the community multiscale air quality (CMAQ) model.

scholarly journals Simulation of surface ozone pollution in the Central Gulf Coast region during summer synoptic condition using WRF/Chem air quality model

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjaneyulu Yerramilli ◽  
Venkata Srinivas Challa ◽  
Venkata Bhaskar Rao Dodla ◽  
LaToya Myles ◽  
William R. Pendergrass ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
Ozone Pollution ◽  
Air Quality Model ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Synoptic Condition ◽  
Gulf Coast Region ◽  
Coast Region

scholarly journals The influence of European pollution on ozone in the Near East and northern Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1913-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. N. Duncan ◽  
J. J. West ◽  
Y. Yoshida ◽  
A. M. Fiore ◽  
J. R. Ziemke
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Near East ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
Northern Africa ◽  
Ozone Production ◽  
Ozone Pollution ◽  
East European ◽  
European Health ◽  
Ozone Precursor

Abstract. We present a modeling study of the long-range transport of pollution from Europe, showing that European emissions regularly elevate surface ozone by as much as 20 ppbv in summer in northern Africa and the Near East. European emissions cause 50–150 additional violations per year (i.e., above those that would occur without European pollution) of the European health standard for ozone (8-h average >120 μg/m3 or ~60 ppbv) in northern Africa and the Near East. We estimate that 19 000 additional mortalities occur annually in these regions from exposure to European ozone pollution and 50 000 additional deaths globally; the majority of the additional deaths occurs outside of Europe. Much of the pollution from Europe is exported southward at low altitudes in summer to the Mediterranean Sea, northern Africa and the Near East, regions with favorable photochemical environments for ozone production. Our results suggest that assessments of the human health benefits of reducing ozone precursor emissions in Europe should include effects outside of Europe, and that comprehensive planning to improve air quality in northern Africa and the Near East likely needs to address European emissions. We also show that the tropospheric ozone column data product derived from the OMI and MLS instruments is currently of limited value for air quality applications as the portion of the column above the boundary layer and below the tropopause is large and variable, effectively obscuring the boundary layer signal.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Weather Research and Forecasting model implementation in Cuba addressed to diagnostic air quality modeling

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonor Turtos Carbonell ◽  
Gil Capote Mastrapa ◽  
Yasser Fonseca Rodriguez ◽  
Lourdes Alvarez Escudero ◽  
Madeleine Sanchez Gacita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Modeling ◽  
Weather Research And Forecasting ◽  
Forecasting Model ◽  
Quality Modeling ◽  
Weather Research

scholarly journals Effects on surface atmospheric photo-oxidants over Greece during the total solar eclipse event of 29 March 2006

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 11399-11428 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Zanis ◽  
E. Katragkou ◽  
M. Kanakidou ◽  
B. Psiloglou ◽  
S. Karathanasis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Surface Ozone ◽  
Air Quality Modeling ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
Ozone Production ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Quality Modeling ◽  
Phase Chemistry

Abstract. This study investigates the effects of the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006 on surface air-quality levels over Greece based on observations at a number of sites in conjunction with chemical box modelling and 3-D air-quality modelling. Emphasis is given on surface ozone and other photooxidants at four Greek sites Kastelorizo, Finokalia (Crete), Pallini (Athens) and Thessaloniki, which are located at gradually increasing distances from the path of the eclipse totality and are characterized by different air pollution levels. The eclipse offered the opportunity to test our understanding of air pollution build-up and the response of the gas-phase chemistry of photo-oxidants during a photolytical perturbation using both a photochemical box model and a regional air-quality offline model based on the modeling system WRF/CAMx. At the relatively unpolluted sites of Kastelorizo and Finokalia no clear impact of the solar eclipse on surface O3, NO2 and NO concentrations can be deduced from the observations and model simulations as the calculated changes in net ozone production rates between eclipse and non eclipse conditions are rather small compared to the ozone variability and hence the solar eclipse effects on ozone can be easily masked by transport. At the polluted sites of Thessaloniki and Pallini, the solar eclipse effects on O3, NO2 and NO concentrations are clearly revealed from both the measurements and 3-D air-quality modeling with the net effect being a decrease in O3 and NO and an increase in NO2 as NO2 formed from the reaction of O3 with NO while at the same time NO2 is not efficiently photolysed. It is evident from the 3-D air quality modeling over Greece that the maximum effects of the eclipse on O3, NO2 and NO are reflected at the large urban agglomerations of Athens, and Thessaloniki where the maximum of the emissions occur.

scholarly journals Emission Inventories and Particulate Matter Air Quality Modeling over the Pearl River Delta Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4155
Author(s):  
Diogo Lopes ◽  
Joana Ferreira ◽  
Ka In Hoi ◽  
Ka-Veng Yuen ◽  
Kai Meng Mok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Pearl River Delta ◽  
Air Quality Modeling ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Emission Inventories ◽  
Atmospheric Emission ◽  
The Pearl River Delta ◽  
Quality Modeling ◽  
The Pearl River

The Pearl River Delta (PRD) region is located on the southeast coast of mainland China and it is an important economic hub. The high levels of particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere, however, and poor visibility have become a complex environmental problem for the region. Air quality modeling systems are useful to understand the temporal and spatial distribution of air pollution, making use of atmospheric emission data as inputs. Over the years, several atmospheric emission inventories have been developed for the Asia region. The main purpose of this work is to evaluate the performance of the air quality modeling system for simulating PM concentrations over the PRD using three atmospheric emission inventories (i.e., EDGAR, REAS and MIX) during a winter and a summer period. In general, there is a tendency to underestimate PM levels, but results based on the EDGAR emission inventory show slightly better accuracy. However, improvements in the spatial and temporal disaggregation of emissions are still needed to properly represent PRD air quality. This study’s comparison of the three emission inventories’ data, as well as their PM simulating outcomes, generates recommendations for future improvements to atmospheric emission inventories and our understanding of air pollution problems in the PRD region.

Indoor air quality modeling: Compartmental approach with reactive chemistry

1982 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 461-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Özkaynak ◽  
P.B. Ryan ◽  
G.A. Allen ◽  
W.A. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Air Quality Modeling ◽  
Quality Modeling

Isoprene Emission Factors for Subtropical Street Trees for Regional Air Quality Modeling

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina A. Dunn-Johnston ◽  
Jürgen Kreuzwieser ◽  
Satoshi Hirabayashi ◽  
Lyndal Plant ◽  
Heinz Rennenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Modeling ◽  
Emission Factors ◽  
Street Trees ◽  
Isoprene Emission ◽  
Quality Modeling ◽  
Regional Air Quality
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