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Modeling Study on Dispersion and Scavenging of Traffic Pollutants at the Location Near a Busy Road

  • Ma, Chang-Jin
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.272-279
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    • 2015
  • The information about the dispersion and scavenging of traffic-related pollutants at the locations near busy expressways is very helpful to highway planners for developing better plans to reduce exposures to air pollution for people living as well as children attending schools and child care centers near roadways. The objective of the current study was to give information in the dispersion and scavenging of vehicle-derived pollutants at the region near a busy urban expressway by a combination of two different model calculations. The modified Gaussian dispersion model and the Lagrange type below-cloud scavenging model were applied to evaluate $NO_x$ dispersion and DEP (Diesel exhaust particles) wet removal, respectively. The highest $NO_x$ was marked 53.17 ppb within 20-30 meters from the target urban expressway during the heaviest traffic hours (08:00AM-09:00AM) and it was 2.8 times higher than that of really measured at a nearby ambient measuring station. The calculated DEP concentration in size-resolved raindrops showed a continuous decreasing with increasing raindrop size. Especially, a noticeable decrease was found between 0.2 mm and 1.0 mm raindrop diameter.

Comparison between the Road-based and the Parcel-based Address Coordinates for Urban Air Pollution Estimation - A Case Study of Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea - (도심대기오염추정을 위한 도로명주소좌표와 지번주소좌표의 비교 - 서울 영등포 지역의 사례연구 -)

  • Park, Jinwoo;Choi, Jinmu;Hong, Seong-Yun
    • Journal of Cadastre & Land InformatiX
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.169-181
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    • 2016
  • The address system in Korea was changed to the road-based system in 2014, but the current address coordinates are still largely based on the old, parcel-based system. Compared to the parcel-based address system that defines the center of a parcel as its coordinates, the road-based system locates the coordinates at a certain distance away from the road on which the parcel fronts. The difference in coordinates between these two systems is small, but it can be crucial for micro-level modelling. In order to assess the impact of the discrepancy between the two address systems, this study measured the degree of air pollution exposure at two different locations, the road-based address coordinates and the parcel-based address coordinates, for each of 252 buildings in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The air pollution values were estimated using a microscopic air pollution dispersion model, CALINE4, and t-tests and F-tests were conducted to evaluate statistical significance on the observed difference. The results showed a considerable difference in the level of air pollution exposure between the two address systems, suggesting that the on-going use of the parcel-based address coordinates could cause potentially significant errors in micro-level analysis.

A Numerical Study on the Vertical Distribution of PM concentration during Asian Dust

  • Cho, Changbum;Kim, Yoo-Keun;Lim, Yunkyu;Lee, Pyeongkeun;Oh, Sung-Nam
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.51-52
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    • 2003
  • A numerical study on PM using a dispersion and deposition model which can analyze for both quantify and quality would not only offer us to understand our environment more easily, but also make it easy that we can make a plan in order to prevent air pollution. The U.S. EPA has proposed the CALPUFF modeling system as a guideline model for regulatory applications involving long-range transport and on a case-by-case basis for near-field applications where. non- steady- state effects which consider situations such as spatial variability in the meteorological fields, calm winds, fumigations, re-circulation or stagnation, and terrain or coastal effects may be important. (omitted)

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A Study on the Relationship of Air Pollution and Meteorological Factors : Focusing at Kwanghwamun in Seoul (대기오염농도와 기상인자의 관련성 연구: 서울 광화문지점을 중심으로)

  • 신찬기;한진석;김윤신
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 1992
  • Simple correlation analysis, factor analysis, and multi-variate analysis have been performed to analyze the relationship between air pollution and meteorological factors for air pollution and meteorological data measured at Kwanghwamun in Seoul during the period of one year(January 1990 $\sim$ December 1990). As a result of simple correlation and factor analysis, $SO_2$, TSP and CO concentrations have shown high negative correlation with temperature and among these indicating that these are related with pollutant emission trend based upon heating fuel usage. Ozone has a good corrleation with solar radiation and relative humidity to have a closed relation with $O_3$ generation reaction mechanism. The result of multi-variate correlation analysis shows that the concentration of $SO_2$ and CO are adequate for correlation model with ambient temperature and wind speed and $O_3$ concentrations are adequate for that with solar radiation and wind speed. $SO_2$ and CO levels are considered to be affected first of all by heating fuel usage as a emssion source and wind speed as a dispersion effect. The $SO_2$ concentration in the condition that the temperature fall below zero is explained by multilicative model with wind speed, only one variable.

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A Study on the Relationship of Air Pollution and Meteorologic Factors in a Specific Site (서울 일부지점의 대기오염 농도와 기상인자의 관련성 연구)

  • 신찬기;김윤신
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.141-152
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    • 1992
  • Simple correlation analysis, factor analysis, and multi-verite analysis have been performed to analyze the relationship between air pollution and meteorological factors for air pollution and meteorological data measured at Kwanghwamun in Seoul during the period of one year (January 1990" December 1990). As a result of simple correlation and factor analysis, $SO_2$, TSP and CO concentrations have shown high negative correlation with temperature and among these indicating that these are related with pollutants emission trend based upon heating fuel usage. Ozone has a good correlation with solar radiation and relative humidity to have a closed relation with $0_3$ generation reaction mechanism. The result of multi-variate correlation analysis shows that the concentration of $SO_2$ and CO are adequate for correlation model with ambient temperature and wind speed and 0$_{3}$ concentrations are adequate for that with solar radiation and wind speed. $SO_2$ and CO levels are considered to be affected first of all by heating fuel usage as a emission source and wind speed as a dispersion effect. The $SO_2$ concentration in the condition that the temperature fall below zero is explained by multiplicative model with wind speed, only one variable.

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Application of Passive Sampler in Validation and Calibration of Air Dispersion Model (대기확산모델의 검정 및 보정을 위한 Passive Sampler의 활용)

  • 김선태;김주인;김성근;배장영
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 1999.10a
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    • pp.170-171
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    • 1999
  • 대기 중 오염물질의 확산 및 미래의 예측을 위하여 대기확산모형을 많이 사용하고 있으며, 국내에서 사용하고 있는 대기확산모형의 대부분은 미국 EPA에서 보급하는 것을 사용하고 있다. 이 중에서 최근에 많이 사용하고 있는 단기모형으로는 기간과 지형이 고려되는 ISCST3 모형을 들 수 있다. 국내 모델의 사용에 있어서 가장 중요한 문제점은 모델의 검정과 보정을 위한 data의 부재를 들 수 있다.(중략)

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Numerical Simulation of NOx Concentration in Gwangyang Bay, Korea (광양만권 질소산화물(NOx)의 수치모의)

  • 이상득;유지영
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.897-905
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    • 2002
  • A three-dimensional photochemical air pollution model considered advection, dispersion, photochemical reactions, and precipitation processes was developed. The calculated results of meteorological observation clearly exhibited geographical effects of Gwangyang Bay, in which land and sea breezes, mount-valley winds and local circular winds occurred. The observed results of daytime NOx concentrations were slightly higher than the calculated NOx concentrations in Yosu industrial complex, Gwangyang iron mill, and container yard. Eventually, the calculated NOx results generally agreed well with the observed ones.

Parameterization of Along-Wind Dispersion Coefficients based on Field and Wind Tunnel Data

  • Kang, Sung-Dae
    • Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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    • v.10 no.S_1
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2001
  • Observations related to the along-wind dispersion of puffs were collected from 12 field sites and from a wind tunnel experiment and used to test simple similarity relations. Because most of the date made use of concentration time series observation from fixed monitors, the basic observation was t, the standard deviation of the concentration time series. This data also allowed the travel time, t, from the source to the receptor to be estimated, from which the puff advective speed ue, could be determined. The along-wind dispersion coefficient, x, was then assumed to equal tue. The data, which extended over four orders of magnitude, supported the similarity relations t=0.1 t and x=1.8 $u^*$t, where t is the travel time and $u^*$ is the friction velocity. About 50% of the observations were within a factor of two of the predictions based on the similarity relations.

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Effects Study on the Accuracy of Photochemical Modeling to MM5 Four Dimensional Data Assimilation Using Satellite Data (위성자료를 이용한 MM5 4차원자료동화가 광화학모델의 정확도에 미치는 영향 고찰)

  • Lee, Chong-Bum;Kim, Jea-Chul;Cheon, Tae-Hun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.264-274
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    • 2009
  • Concentration of Air Quality Models (CMAQ) has a deep connection with emissions and wind fields. In particular the wind field is highly affected by local topography and plays an important role in transport and dispersion of contaminants from the pollution sources. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of interpolation on Air quality model. This study was designed to evaluate enhancement of MM5 and CMAQ predictions by using Four Dimensional Data Assimilation (FDDA), the SONDE data and the national meteorological station and the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The alternative meteorological fields predicted with and without MODIS data were used to simulate spatial and temporal variations of ozone in combined with CMAQ on June 2006. The result of this study indicated that data assimilation using MODIS data provided an attractive method for generating realistic meteorological fields and dispersion fields of ozone in the Korea peninsular, because MODIS data in 10 km domain are grid horizontally and vertically. In order to ensure the success of Air quality model, it is necessary to FDDA using MODIS data.

Numerical study on temporal resolution of meteorological information for prediction of Asian dust (황사의 확산예측을 위한 기상정보의 시간해상도에 관한 수치연구)

  • Lee Soon-Hwan;Gwak Eun-Young;Ryu Chan-Su;Moon Yun-Seob
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.13 no.10
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    • pp.891-902
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    • 2004
  • In order to predict air pollution and Yellow-sand dispersion precisely, it is necessary to clarify the sensitivity of meteorological field input interval. Therefore numerical experiment by atmospheric dynamic model(RAMS) and atmospheric dispersion model(PDAS) was performed for evaluating the effect of temporal and spatial resolution of meteorological data on particle dispersion. The results are as follows: 1) Base on the result of RAMS simulation, surface wind direction and speed can either synchronize upper wind or not. If surface wind and upper wind do not synchronize, precise prediction of Yellow-sand dispersion is strongly associated with upwelling process of sand of particle. 2) There is no significant discrepance in distribution of particle under usage of difference temporal resolution of meteorological information at early time of simulation, but the difference of distribution of particles become large as time goes by. 3) There is little difference between calculated particles distributions in dispersion experiments with high temporal resolution of meteorological data. On the other hand, low resolution of meteorological data occur the quantitative difference of particle density and there is strong tendency to the quantitative difference.