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Performance of Air Quality Models in Urban Areas

Performance of Air Quality Models in Urban Areas. Akula Venkatram 1 , Vlad Isakov 2 , 1 University of California, Riverside, CA 2 NOAA, NERL, RTP, NC. Objectives and Motivation St. Louis study and ISC urban Model Improvements Performance of Improved Model Conclusions.

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Performance of Air Quality Models in Urban Areas

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  1. Performance of Air Quality Models in Urban Areas Akula Venkatram1, Vlad Isakov2, 1University of California, Riverside, CA 2NOAA, NERL, RTP, NC • Objectives and Motivation • St. Louis study and ISC urban • Model Improvements • Performance of Improved Model • Conclusions

  2. Motivation and Objectives The most severe air pollution problems in Asia are caused by emissions in urban areas • Examine the performance of currently used urban air quality models-ISC • Suggest improvements based on recent tracer studies in urban areas

  3. St. Louis Experiment • Conducted during 1963-1965 resulting in 26 daytime and 16 nighttime experiments • Cadmium sulfide particles released from ground-level source and measured at distances ranging from 800 m to 16 km using 50 samplers • Winds, temperature, and horizontal velocity fluctuations measured using TV tower and tether sondes upto a height of 140 m. Briggs (1974) used data to derive McElroy-Pooler urban dispersion curves used in ISC

  4. McElroy-Pooler CurvesBriggs(1974)

  5. Horizontal Plume Spread Comparison St. Louis Experiment

  6. Vertical Plume Spread Comparison Inferred from ground-level concentrations

  7. Model Results using stability classes from Lambert Air Field

  8. Problems with McElroy-Pooler Curves • Using McElroy Pooler curves requires stability and wind speed information. Model results depend on location of measurements. • MP curves refer to St. Louis. Need not apply to other urban areas. • MP curves implicitly account for the effects of limited mixing. Thus, do not allow the use of mixed layer information in urban areas.

  9. Improved Model

  10. Model Results using measured meteorology

  11. Barrio Logan Experiment • Conducted during summer of 2001 resulting in 50 hours of data • Sulfur hexafluoride released from ground-level source and measured at distances ranging from 200 m to 2 km using 50 samplers • Winds, temperature, and velocity fluctuations measured using sonic anemometers and minisodars

  12. Model Results using Boundary Layer Information and Initial Spread

  13. Near Source Modeling

  14. Model Evaluation Results

  15. Conclusions • The use of McElroy-Pooler curves in all urban areas cannot be justified • Turbulence above the canopy controls dispersion once the plume spread exceeds canopy height. Simple models for dispersion provide adequate concentration estimates provided above canopy meteorology is used • Dispersion models should account for magnification of horizontal spread near sources- channeling ? • Near source dispersion requires meteorological data close to source, and model needs to incorporate meandering.

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