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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2020.36.5.1.3

Carbon Monoxide Dispersion in an Urban Area Simulated by a CFD Model Coupled to the WRF-Chem Model  

Kwon, A-Rum (Forecast Division, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Meteorology)
Park, Soo-Jin (Geo-Science Institute, Pukyong National University)
Kang, Geon (Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Jae-Jin (Department of Environmental Atmospheric Sciences, Pukyong National University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.36, no.5_1, 2020 , pp. 679-692 More about this Journal
Abstract
We coupled a CFD model to the WRF-Chem model (WRF-CFD model) and investigated the characteristics of flows and carbon monoxide (CO) distributions in a building-congested district. We validated the simulated results against the measured wind speeds, wind directions, and CO concentrations. The WRF-Chem model simulated the winds from southwesterly to southeasterly, overestimating the measured wind speeds. The statistical validation showed that the WRF-CFD model simulated the measured wind speeds more realistically than the WRF-Chem model. The WRF-Chem model significantly underestimated the measured CO concentrations, and the WRF-CFD model improved the CO concentration prediction. Based on the statistical validation results, the WRF-CFD model improved the performance in predicting the CO concentrations by taking complicatedly distributed buildings and mobiles sources of CO into account. At 04 KST on May 22, there was a downdraft around the AQMS, and airflow with a relatively low CO concentration was advected from the upper layer. Resultantly, the CO concentration was lower at the AQMS than the surrounding area. At 15 KST on May 22, there was an updraft around the AQMS. This resulted in a slightly higher CO concentration than the surroundings. The WRF-CFD model transported CO emitted from the mobile sources to the AQMS measurement altitude, well reproducing the measured CO concentration. At 18 KST on May 22, the WRF-CFD model simulated high CO concentrations because of high CO emission, broad updraft area, and an increase in turbulent diffusion cause by wind-shear increase near the ground.
Keywords
GIS; WRF-CFD model; CO concentration; automatic weatherstation; air quality monitoring station;
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