Annual simulation of secondary pollution over northern Italy

A Balanzino; Enrico FERRERO; G Pirovano; C Pertot; M Causa; S Alessandrini; Costa MP

Annual simulation of secondary pollution over northern Italy

A Balanzino
, Enrico FERRERO
, G Pirovano
, C Pertot
, M Causa
, S Alessandrini
, Costa MP

Department of Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition

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A secondary pollution modelling system for simulating airborne dispersion and chemical reactions is applied over a regional scale domain located in the North-West of Italy, where urban and industrial areas are present. It was found an overestimation of NO₂in the urban areas, probably due to an underestimation of the vertical diffusivity; the analysis of O_X confirms that the discrepancies in O₃ and NO₂are mainly due to local scale effects; the model shows a general underestimation of the observed PM10 concentrations due to the uncertainties in the emission inventories, spatial resolution, and the adopted aerosol modelling approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	353-384
Number of pages	32
Journal	International Journal of Environment and Pollution
Volume	45
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Annual simulation of secondary pollution over northern Italy

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