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The European Operational Smog (EUROS) integrated air quality modelling system has been extended to model fine particulate matter (PM). From an extended literature study, the Caltech Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism and the Model of Aerosol Dynamics, Reaction, Ionisation and Dissolution were selected and recently coupled to EUROS. Currently, modelling of mass and chemical composition of aerosols in two size fractions (PM2.5 and PM10–2.5) is possible. The chemical composition is expressed in terms of seven components: ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, elementary carbon, primary inorganic compounds, primary organic compounds and secondary organic compounds. Calculated PM10 concentrations and chemical composition are presented for two summer months of the year 2003 (1 July to 31 August).
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The authors wish to thank Robert Griffin (University of New Hampshire, Durham) and Donald Dabdub (University of California, Irvine) for providing them with the source code of the CACM chemical mechanism and for helpful discussions and comments during the implementation of the mechanism. We also wish to thank Christian Seigneur and Betty Pun (Atmospheric and Environmental Research, San Ramon, CA) for providing us with the source code of the aerosol module MADRID 2 and for their helpfulness during the implementation phase.
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Deutsch, F., Vankerkom, J., Janssen, L. et al. Extension of the EUROS Integrated Air Quality Model to Fine Particulate Matter by Coupling to CACM/MADRID 2. Environ Model Assess 13, 431–437 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-007-9100-z
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