CAMx (v4.31) OPERATIONAL AIR QUALITY FORECAST
CONFIGURATION
| Horizontal Grid | Arakawa C-grid |
| Horizontal Resolution | 0.25 x 0.25 degrees |
| No of grid points | 241x177 |
| No of vertical levels | 22 layers (0-8km) |
| Map projection | Latitude-Longitude |
INPUT DATA
| Atmospheric data | SKIRON/Dust Modelling System (temperature, height, pressure, wind, water vapour, cloud/rain, vertical diffusivities) |
| Landuse/vegetation data | RAMS 6.0 Vegetation Data |
| Chemical Mechanism | Gas/Aerosol in CF mode (mechanism 4) |
| Emission Data | Combination of TNO European emissions*, EMEP shipping emissions and GEIA global emissions database |
| Initialization | 00:00 UTC daily |
OUTPUT
| Forecast duration | 48 hours |
| Dissemination domain | Full model domain |
| Horizontal resolution | 0.25 x 0.25 degrees |
| Fields | Hourly Ozone Concentration at the first model layer (0-50m) Hourly NO2 Concentration at the first model layer (0-50m) Hourly SO2 Concentration at the first model layer (0-50m) Hourly PSO4 (fine fraction) Concentration at the first model layer (0-50m) |
| Format | PNG format |
*The emission inventory used in this work was developed by TNO and is described in Visschedijk and Denier van der Gon (2005): Gridded European anthropogenic emission data for NOx, SO2, NMVOC, NH3, CO, PM10, PM2.5 and CH4 for the year 2000, TNO B&O-A Rapport 2005/106, 2nd version November 2005.
For more information on European emission data click here:
Or contact dr. Hugo Denier van der Gon (hugo.deniervandergon 'at' tno.nl)