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Modelling Street-Scale Resolution Air Quality for the West Midlands (UK) Using the ADMS-Urban RML System

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  • Jian Zhong
  • Christina Hood
  • Kate Johnson
  • Jenny Stocker
  • Jonathan Handley
  • Mark Wolstencroft
  • Andrea Mazzeo
  • Xiaoming Cai
  • William James Bloss
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Publication date2/01/2023
Host publicationAir Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVIII
EditorsClemens Mensink, Oriol Jorba
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages77-82
Number of pages6
ISBN (electronic)9783031127861
ISBN (print)9783031127854
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Event38th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, ITM 2021 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 18/10/202122/10/2021

Conference

Conference38th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, ITM 2021
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period18/10/2122/10/21

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Complexity
ISSN (Print)2213-8684
ISSN (electronic)2213-8692

Conference

Conference38th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, ITM 2021
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period18/10/2122/10/21

Abstract

Air pollution is a major environmental concern in urban areas, causing substantial adverse effects on human health. This study simulated street-scale resolution air quality for the West Midlands region in the UK using a regional-to-local coupled system, which combined the regional CMAQ model with the local ADMS-Urban model, without double-counting emissions. CMAQ was used to represent dispersion on large temporal and spatial scales, while ADMS-Urban represents the local short-term dispersion from explicit point and road sources. Both models were evaluated against observations with reasonable performance, i.e. CMAQ captured measured air pollutant concentrations at background sites, while coupled ADMS-Urban RML (Regional Model Link) also captured air pollution concentrations at roadside sites, where local effects were important. Street scale air quality maps were produced from the ADMS-Urban RML, which can be linked to health-related exposure studies. The coupled air quality modelling system for WM serves as an effective tool to evaluate potential regional and local air pollution mitigation policies.