A novel approach for the characterization of transport and optical properties of aerosol particles near sources – II. Microphysics-chemistry-transport model development and application

VALDEBENITO, Alvaro M., Sandip PAL, Andreas BEHRENDT, Volker WULFMEYER and Gerhard LAMMEL. A novel approach for the characterization of transport and optical properties of aerosol particles near sources – II. Microphysics-chemistry-transport model development and application. Atmospheric Environment. Oxford: Elsevier, 2011, vol. 45, No 17, p. 2981-2990. ISSN 1352-2310. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.004.

Basic information

• Original name: A novel approach for the characterization of transport and optical properties of aerosol particles near sources – II. Microphysics-chemistry-transport model development and application
• Authors: VALDEBENITO, Alvaro M. (276 Germany), Sandip PAL (276 Germany), Andreas BEHRENDT (276 Germany), Volker WULFMEYER (276 Germany) and Gerhard LAMMEL (276 Germany, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Atmospheric Environment, Oxford, Elsevier, 2011, 1352-2310.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10511 Environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 3.465
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/11:00053877
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.004
• UT WoS: 000291079300020
• Keywords in English: Large-eddy simulation; Aerosol physical modelling; Agricultural aerosol source; Aerosol optical properties; Lidar signal
• Tags: rivok, ZR

Abstract

A new high-resolution microphysics-chemistry-transport model (LES-AOP) was developed and applied for the investigation of aerosol transformation and transport in the vicinity of a livestock facility in northern Germany (PLUS1 field campaign). The model is an extension of a Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) model. The PLUS1 field campaign included the first deployment of the new eye-safe scanning aerosol lidar system of the University of Hohenheim. In a combined approach, model and lidar results were used to characterise a faint aerosol source. The farm plume structure was investigated and the absolute value of particle backscatter coefficient was determined. Aerosol optical properties were predicted on spatial and temporal resolutions below 100 m and 1 min, upon initialisation by measured meteorological and size-resolved particulate matter mass concentration and composition data. Faint aerosol plumes corresponding to a particle backscatter coefficient down to 10(-6) sr(-1) m(-1) were measured and simulated.

Links

• ED0001/01/01, research and development project: Name: CETOCOEN
• MSM0021622412, plan (intention): Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)