Open AccessModelling and predicting urban atmospheric pollutants in the Aosta Valley region of Italy using a site‐optimised model
Author(s) -
Dirks Kim N.,
Nanni Alessandro,
Dirks Vincent I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.123
Subject(s) - mesoscale meteorology , environmental science , air pollution , pollution , pollutant , climatology , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
An effective simple site‐optimised urban air pollution model for predicting CO, PM 10 , NO and NO 2 concentrations is developed for the topographically complex region of the Aosta Valley in Italy. The good results suggest that such a model could be used to ‘downscale’ mesoscale‐forecasted surface conditions to give real‐time site‐specific pollution predictions. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society