Anikender Kumar , Rodrigo Jiménez, Luis Carlos Belalcázar, Néstor Y. Roja
Received:
May 14, 2015
Revised:
September 3, 2015
Accepted:
October 12, 2015
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Kumar, A., Jiménez, R., Belalcázar, L.C. and Roja, N.Y. (2016). Application of WRF-Chem Model to Simulate PM10 Concentration over Bogota.
Aerosol Air Qual. Res.
16: 1206-1221. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2015.05.0318
HIGHLIGHTS
The online meteorological and chemical transport Weather Research and Forecasting with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model is implemented over Bogota and validated against ground-based observations for meteorological variables and PM10 concentrations. The simulated average temperature shows a very small positive bias. The relative humidity and wind speed are also overpredicted for the selected simulations. The 24-h average PM10 concentration is underpredicted compared to the overall ground observations. Overall, the present case study shows that the WRF-Chem model has an acceptable performance for meteorological variables as well as PM10 concentration over Bogota. This study provides a general overview of WRF-Chem simulations and can serve as a reference for future air quality modelling exercises for PM10 over Bogota.
Keywords:
WRF-Chem; PM10; Air quality modeling; Bogota
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