Extended Abstract (140K)J5.7
Improvement of the one-way nesting of air-pollution model SMOG to numerical weather prediction model ETA
Tomas Halenka, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and J. Brechler and J. Bednar
The spatial distribution of air pollution on the regional scale (Bohemian region) is simulated by means of Charles University puff model SMOG. The results are used for the assessment of the concentration fields of ozone, nitrogen oxides and other ozone precursors. Current improved version of the model covers up to 16 groups of basic compounds and it is based on trajectory computation and puff interaction both by means of Gaussian diffusion mixing and chemical reactions of basic species. Generally, the method used for trajectory computation is valuable mainly for episodes simulation, nevertheless, climatological study can be solved as well by means of average wind rose. For the study being presented huge database of real emission sources was incorporated with all kind of sources included. Some problem with the background values of concentrations was removed.
The model SMOG has been coupled to the forecast model ETA to obtain appropriate meteorological data input. We can estimate air pollution characteristics both for episodes analysis and the prediction of future air quality conditions. Necessary prognostic variables from the numerical weather prediction model are taken for the region of the central Bohemia, where the original puff model was tested. We used mainly 850 hPa wind field for computation of prognostic trajectories, the influence of surface temperature as a parameter of photochemistry reactions as well as the effect of cloudness has been tested.
Joint Session 5, Atmospheric Chemistry (Joint with the Fourth Symp. Urban Environment, 12th Joint Conf. on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with A&WMA, and 25th Conf. Agricultural & Forest Meterology; Cosponsored by the AMS STAC Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry)
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 1:30 PM-4:59 PM
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