Urban Air Quality Assessment Model: UAQAM |
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Authors: | Frank AAM de Leeuw Esther DG van Zantvoort Rob JCF Sluyter W Addo J van Pul |
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Institution: | (1) National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The Urban Air Quality Assessment Model (UAQAM) calculates urban concentrations caused by city emissions themselves, the so-called city background concentration. Three versions of the model for describing the dispersion were studied: Box, Gifford Hanna (GH) and a combined form of these two (Box–GH model). Regional background emissions contributing to the urban background concentration were accounted for by using measurements and calculations from a dispersion model on the continental scale. The results of the three UAQAM versions for a number of European cities were compared to measurements of SO2 and NO
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. The Box–GH model shows better results when compared to the Box model and slightly better results in comparison to the GH model. The Box–GH model has been taken as a starting point for the assessment of urban air quality with UAQAM. |
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Keywords: | urban air quality dispersion model |
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