Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXV

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-lix

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2. Long Term Modeling and Trend Analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Intellectual History of Air Pollution Modelling as Represented by the ITM Meeting Series

      • Douw G. Steyn

      Pages 3-12

   3. A Modeling Study of the Influence of Hemispheric Transport on Trends in O3 Distributions Over North America

      • Rohit Mathur, Daiwen Kang, Sergey Napelenok, Jia Xing, Christian Hogrefe

      Pages 13-18

   4. Dynamic Evaluation of Two Decades of CMAQ Simulations over the Continental United States

      • Marina Astitha, Huiying Luo, S. Trivikrama Rao, Christian Hogrefe, Rohit Mathur, Naresh Kumar

      Pages 19-24

   5. On Regional Modeling to Support Air Quality Policies

      • S. Trivikrama Rao, Huiying Luo, Marina Astitha, Christian Hogrefe, Rohit Mathur, Naresh Kumar

      Pages 25-29

   6. The Impact of “Brightening” on Surface O3 Concentrations over Europe Between 1990 and 2010

      • Emmanouil Oikonomakis, Sebnem Aksoyoglu, Urs Baltensperger, André S. H. Prévôt

      Pages 31-36

   7. An Analysis of Modelled Long-Term Trends of Sulphur in the Atmosphere

      • J. A. Arndt, A. Aulinger, J. Bieser, B. Geyer, V. Matthias, M. Quante

      Pages 37-41

   8. Modelling Concentrations and Trends of Atmospheric Pollutants in the Arctic over a 37 Years Period

      • Kaj M. Hansen, Camilla Geels, Ulas Im, Jørgen Brandt, Jesper H. Christensen

      Pages 43-48

   9. Air Pollutant Trends over Denmark over the Last 37 Years as Simulated by the Integrated Model System THOR

      • Ulas Im, Jesper H. Christensen, Matthias Ketzel, Thomas Ellermann, Camilla Geels, Kaj M. Hansen et al.

      Pages 49-54

   10. A Long-Term Re-Analysis of Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality

       • M. Sofiev, R. Kouznetsov, M. Prank, J. Soares, J. Vira, V. Tarvainen et al.

       Pages 55-59

3. Model Assessment and Verification

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Intercomparison of Chemical Mechanisms for European Air Quality Policy Formulation and Assessment

      • R. G. Derwent

      Pages 63-67

   3. Overview and Evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System Version 5.2

      • K. Wyat Appel, Sergey Napelenok, Christian Hogrefe, George Pouliot, Kristen M. Foley, Shawn J. Roselle et al.

      Pages 69-73

   4. A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of the Next Generation of the Canadian Operational Regional Air Quality Deterministic Prediction System

      • Michael D. Moran, Alexandru Lupu, Junhua Zhang, Verica Savic-Jovcic, Sylvie Gravel

      Pages 75-81

   5. Assessment of Black Carbon in Arctic: Current Status and Potential Improvements

      • J. Soares, C. Geels, J. Langner, S. Tsyro, A. Kurganskiy, J. Ström et al.

      Pages 83-87

   6. The Sensitivity of the Predictions of a Roadside Dispersion Model to Meteorological Variables: Evaluation Using Algorithmic Differentiation

      • John Backman, Curtis Wood, Mikko Auvinen, Leena Kangas, Ari Karppinen, Jaakko Kukkonen

      Pages 89-94

   7. Validation of PM2.5 Concentrations Based on Finnish Emission—Source-Receptor Scenario Model

      • Ville-Veikko Paunu, Niko Karvosenoja, Kaarle Kupiainen, Leena Kangas, Mikko Savolahti, Minna-Kristiina Sassi

      Pages 95-101

   8. A Model Evaluation Strategy Applied to Modelling of PM in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

      • Mia A. Aarnio, Jaakko Kukkonen, Leena Kangas, Mari Kauhaniemi, Anu Kousa, Carlijn Hendriks et al.

      Pages 103-109

   9. Assessing the Effect of Uncertainty in Input Emissions on Atmospheric Chemistry Transport Model Outputs

      • Ksenia Aleksankina, Mathew R. Heal, Anthony J. Dore, Massimo Vieno, Stefan Reis

      Pages 111-116

Current developments in air pollution modelling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field. This newest contribution on air pollution modelling and its application is focused on local, urban, regional and intercontinental modelling; long term modelling and trend analysis; data assimilation and air quality forecasting; model assessment and evaluation; aerosol transformation. Additionally, this work also examines the relationship between air quality and human health and the effects of climate change on air quality.

This Work is a collection of selected papers presented at the 35th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, held in Chania (Crete), Greece, Oct 3-7, 2016.

The book is intended as reference material for students and professors interested in air pollution modelling at the graduate level as well as researchers and professionals involved in developing and utilizing air pollution models.

• Air pollution and aerosols
• Climate model evaluation
• Atmospheric human health risks
• Global pollution and climate change
• Air quality modeling
• Community Multiscale Air Quality
• CMAQ
• air pollution and air quality

• VITO NV, Mol, Belgium

  Clemens Mensink

• School of Physics, Division of Environment and Meteorology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  George Kallos

Dr Clemens Mensink is head of the environmental modelling unit at VITO in Belgium. The unit employs 85 researchers, ICT professionals  and technicians. It develops, improves and implements methodologies and computer models to estimate the impact of human activities on air, water and soil quality in a spatial context.  Clemens received his PhD (1992) and a post graduate degree (1988) in fluid dynamics from the Von Karman Institute in Belgium. He studied chemical engineering, fluid mechanics and numerical mathematics, and received his MSc (1987) in mechanical engineering from University of Twente in the Netherlands. In 1998 he received the ENERO prize. Clemens is currently president of the International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Applications. He is an expert in air pollution modelling and author of more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in international journals.  He is lecturing air pollution modelling at Ghent University (postgraduate studies in weather and climate modelling) and University of Hasselt.

Professor Dr George Kallos received his BSc (1975) and MSc (1977) from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, the oldest Greek University. He is now Director of the Division of Environmental Physics – Meteorology, Department of Physics. He also received an MSc (1983) and PhD (1985) from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He is Adjunct Professor at University of Connecticut since 2013. He is working in atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric and sea state modeling. Particular work is devoted to desert dust modeling as well as fully coupled meteorological-air pollution modeling systems. He has published 135 peer-reviewed publications and participated in more than 250 conferences (invited 70 times). He wrote 11 book chapters. He served and still serves as Associated Editor to a number of scientific journals. He has received the IUAPPA Award on 2004 for his work related to Long Range Transport and Transformation of Air Pollutants in the Mediterranean. George Kallos has guided 11 PhD students (now he has 5 new students). He has organized 12 conferences including the 18^th and 35^th ITM conferences.

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