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Ammonia Concentrations Over Europe – Application of the WRF-Chem Model Supported With Dynamic Emission

Werner, M., Kryza, M., Geels, C., Ellermann, T. and Skjøth, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-9568 (2017) Ammonia Concentrations Over Europe – Application of the WRF-Chem Model Supported With Dynamic Emission. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 26 (3). pp. 1323-1341. ISSN 1230-1485

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Abstract

The study focuses on the application of a static and dynamic ammonia emission based on a Europe-wide default setting into the Weather Research and Forecasting Chemistry model (WRF-Chem) and the influence on the simulated ammonia concentrations and the overall model performance. The WRF-Chem model was run twice for the entire Europe at a spatial resolution of 36 x 36 km for the year 2012. In the first simulation we used a static emission approach (the “BASE” simulation), whereas in the second simulation, dynamic ammonia emissions were used (the “DYNAMIC” simulation). Both simulations underestimate measured concentrations of NH3 for all seasons, have similar NMGE (about 0.7 μg m-3) and modelled hourly ammonia peaks are shifted towards the afternoon hours if compared with measurements. However, for all temporal resolutions, normalised mean gross error in winter and summer is lower for DYNAMIC than for BASE. The DYNAMIC simulation also generally gives worse performance in spring for each temporal resolution. For further improvement of the modelled ammonia concentrations with WRF-Chem we suggest to use a nested approach with higher spatial resolution, which will lead to better separation of the ammonia source regions from surrounding areas, and take into account national practice and regulations in the emission model, eventually only in the nested model domain.

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National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit is part of the Institute of Science and the Environment at the University of Worcester.

Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: aerobiology, pollen concentration, dynamic ammonia emission, Weather Research and Forecasting Chemistry model, NPARU, National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions: College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Science and the Environment
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Depositing User: Carsten Skjoth
Date Deposited: 16 Jan 2017 10:20
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 17:15
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5238

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