A secondary pollution modelling system for simulating airborne dispersion and chemical reactions is applied over a regional scale domain located in the North-West of Italy, where urban and industrial areas are present. It was found an overestimation of NO(2) in the urban areas, probably due to an underestimation of the vertical diffusivity; the analysis of O(x) confirms that the discrepancies in O(3) and NO(2) are mainly due to local scale effects; the model shows a general underestimation of the observed PM10 concentrations due to the uncertainties in the emission inventories, spatial resolution, and the adopted aerosol modelling approach.
Annual simulation of secondary pollution over northern Italy / A., Balanzino; E., Ferrero; G., Pirovano; C., Pertot; Causa', Mauro; S., Alessandrini; M. P., Costa. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION. - ISSN 0957-4352. - STAMPA. - 45:(2011), pp. 353-384.
Annual simulation of secondary pollution over northern Italy
CAUSA', Mauro;
2011
Abstract
A secondary pollution modelling system for simulating airborne dispersion and chemical reactions is applied over a regional scale domain located in the North-West of Italy, where urban and industrial areas are present. It was found an overestimation of NO(2) in the urban areas, probably due to an underestimation of the vertical diffusivity; the analysis of O(x) confirms that the discrepancies in O(3) and NO(2) are mainly due to local scale effects; the model shows a general underestimation of the observed PM10 concentrations due to the uncertainties in the emission inventories, spatial resolution, and the adopted aerosol modelling approach.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
