Air quality simulations for London using a coupled regional-to-local modelling system
| Autor: | C. Hood, I. MacKenzie, J. Stocker, K. Johnson, D. Carruthers, M. Vieno, R. Doherty |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 18, Pp 11221-11245 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1680-7316 1680-7324 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/acp-18-11221-2018 |
| Popis: | A coupled regional-to-local modelling system comprising a regional chemistry–climate model with 5 km horizontal resolution (EMEP4UK) and an urban dispersion and chemistry model with explicit road source emissions (ADMS-Urban) has been used to simulate air quality in 2012 across London. The study makes use of emission factors for NOx and NO2 and non-exhaust emission rates of PM10 and PM2.5 which have been adjusted compared to standard factors to reflect real-world emissions, with increases in total emissions of around 30 % for these species. The performance of the coupled model and each of the two component models is assessed against measurements from background and near-road sites in London using a range of metrics concerning annual averages, high hourly average concentrations and diurnal cycles. The regional model shows good performance compared to measurements for background sites for these metrics, but under-predicts concentrations of all pollutants except O3 at near-road sites due to the low resolution of input emissions and calculations. The coupled model shows good performance at both background and near-road sites, which is broadly comparable with that of the urban model that uses measured concentrations as regional background, except for PM2.5 where the under-prediction of the regional model causes the coupled model to also under-predict concentrations. Using the coupled model, it is estimated that 13 % of the area of London exceeded the EU limit value of 40 µg m−3 for annual average NO2 in 2012, whilst areas of exceedances of the annual average limit values of 40 and 25 µg m−3 for PM10 and PM2.5 respectively were negligible. |
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