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AIR POLLUTION DIFFERENCES IN SIMULATION PATTERNS BY USING MM5-CMAQ AND WRF-CMAQ: SUMMER 2003 EUROPEAN POLLUTION EPISODE
Roberto San José, Juan L. Pérez, J. L. Morant, R. M. González
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Abstract
Abstract: One of the most important advantages of the modern and state-of-the-art air quality modelling systems is the capability to produce air pollution forecasts and particularly for ozone. In this contribution, we have applied the CMAQ (EPA) air quality modelling system to produce ozone air quality forecasts and compare the results for the 2003 August, episode in Europe. Modern air quality modelling systems are composed by a complete, modern and robust mesoscale meteorological model and a chemical transport module. Two mesoscale meteorological models are used in this application: a) the well-known MM5 model developed by PSU/NCAR (USA) and the next generation b) mesoscale model WRF. The MM5/WRF-chemical transport model requires emission data sets according to the grid spatial and temporal resolution. In this application we have considered a model domain of more than
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