Aerosol Dispersion Over a High Altitude Region: a Case Study of Kathmandu, Nepal
| Autor: | Balkrishna Sapkota, Heekwan Lee, Ram Kumar Sharma, Rajib Pokhrel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Hydrology Environmental Engineering Ecological Modeling 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Pollution Altitude Air pollutants Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Air dispersion Aerosol dispersion Pollution dispersion Biomass burning Air quality index 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 232 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2932 0049-6979 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11270-021-05007-4 |
| Popis: | Air quality of the Kathmandu Valley has been degraded since few decades with the increase of urbanization in the Valley. The main objective of this study is to find the types of air pollutions and the pollution dispersion pattern in the Valley. A study involving numerical simulation of air dispersion was carried out for Kathmandu Valley and its vicinity using A2C flow/A2C td this showed that the BC emission in the Valley was alarming. Airborne dust, traffic emissions, fuels burning, and biomass burning were the primary emission sources. Diurnal variation of Mountain/Valley breeze was frequently experienced in the Valley. The Valley breeze was generated from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. It transports and disperses air pollutants from the downtown of the Valley to the surrounding mountains. The pollutants generated mostly in the northern and central parts of the Valley dispersed throughout the Valley; however, comparatively smaller portion of the pollutants generated from the south and south-east region of the Valley dispersed downtown. In addition, a large portion of the pollutants were transported out of the Valley, into surrounding mountainous area, through the wind corridor. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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