Abstract
Mathematical models are being increasingly used to study wind flow and air pollutant dispersion. In several cases, so-called air pollution models have been successfully used to address environmental policy issues related to air quality in urban areas. If properly validated with available measurements, air pollution model systems may be used for both the optimization of air pollution abatement strategies and short-term predictions of smog episodes in highly polluted areas.
One of the contemporary air pollution model systems is the EUMAC Zooming Model (EZM). Core models of this comprehensive model system are the nonhydrostatic mesoscale model MEMO and the photochemical dispersion model MARS. Manifold air quality studies, primarily for large urban agglomerations, have been already performed with the EZM. As examples for such studies, results are presented from the application of the EZM to Athens, Heilbronn and the Upper Rhine valley. In all these cases the results of the EZM agree fairly well with available observations.
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Moussiopoulos, N. (1997). Air Pollution Models and Their Role in Environmental Policy. In: Varotsos, C. (eds) Atmospheric Ozone Dynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60797-4_18
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