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Publication date | 2/01/2023 |
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Host publication | Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVIII |
Editors | Clemens Mensink, Oriol Jorba |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media B.V. |
Pages | 77-82 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (electronic) | 9783031127861 |
ISBN (print) | 9783031127854 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Event | 38th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, ITM 2021 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 18/10/2021 → 22/10/2021 |
Conference | 38th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, ITM 2021 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Barcelona |
Period | 18/10/21 → 22/10/21 |
Name | Springer Proceedings in Complexity |
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ISSN (Print) | 2213-8684 |
ISSN (electronic) | 2213-8692 |
Conference | 38th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, ITM 2021 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Barcelona |
Period | 18/10/21 → 22/10/21 |
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.