Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests
Air quality simulations were performed for the Greater Athens Area in very high spatial resolution using the modeling system WRF-CAMx. Sensitivity runs were performed using the SOAP and VBS schemes for organic gas–aerosol partitioning and oxidation. In January 2019, OA-VBS decreased compared to OA-S...
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| author | Anastasia Poupkou Serafim Kontos Natalia Liora Dimitrios Tsiaousidis Ioannis Kapsomenakis Stavros Solomos Eleni Liakakou Eleni Athanasopoulou Georgios Grivas Evangelia Diapouli Vasiliki Vasilatou Stefanos Papagiannis Athena Progiou Pavlos Kalabokas Dimitrios Melas Evangelos Gerasopoulos Konstantinos Eleftheriadis Christos Zerefos |
| author_facet | Anastasia Poupkou Serafim Kontos Natalia Liora Dimitrios Tsiaousidis Ioannis Kapsomenakis Stavros Solomos Eleni Liakakou Eleni Athanasopoulou Georgios Grivas Evangelia Diapouli Vasiliki Vasilatou Stefanos Papagiannis Athena Progiou Pavlos Kalabokas Dimitrios Melas Evangelos Gerasopoulos Konstantinos Eleftheriadis Christos Zerefos |
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| description | Air quality simulations were performed for the Greater Athens Area in very high spatial resolution using the modeling system WRF-CAMx. Sensitivity runs were performed using the SOAP and VBS schemes for organic gas–aerosol partitioning and oxidation. In January 2019, OA-VBS decreased compared to OA-SOAP because of POA reduction. In July 2019, the OA-VBS increased with respect to OA-SOAP as a result of the increase in SOA levels exceeding the decrease in POA ones. The comparison of the WRF-CAMx results against PM<sub>10</sub>, PM<sub>2.5,</sub> and OC surface measurements provides the first indications for improved CAMx performance with the VBS scheme. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82478a66f6f84866a862d7bd18889adc2024-03-27T13:37:11ZengMDPI AGEnvironmental Sciences Proceedings2673-49312023-08-012613210.3390/environsciproc2023026032Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity TestsAnastasia Poupkou0Serafim Kontos1Natalia Liora2Dimitrios Tsiaousidis3Ioannis Kapsomenakis4Stavros Solomos5Eleni Liakakou6Eleni Athanasopoulou7Georgios Grivas8Evangelia Diapouli9Vasiliki Vasilatou10Stefanos Papagiannis11Athena Progiou12Pavlos Kalabokas13Dimitrios Melas14Evangelos Gerasopoulos15Konstantinos Eleftheriadis16Christos Zerefos17Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceLaboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceLaboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceResearch Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, GreeceResearch Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceEnvironmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, GreeceEnvironmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, GreeceEnvironmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, GreeceAXON Enviro-Group Ltd., 11257 Athens, GreeceResearch Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceEnvironmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, GreeceResearch Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, GreeceAir quality simulations were performed for the Greater Athens Area in very high spatial resolution using the modeling system WRF-CAMx. Sensitivity runs were performed using the SOAP and VBS schemes for organic gas–aerosol partitioning and oxidation. In January 2019, OA-VBS decreased compared to OA-SOAP because of POA reduction. In July 2019, the OA-VBS increased with respect to OA-SOAP as a result of the increase in SOA levels exceeding the decrease in POA ones. The comparison of the WRF-CAMx results against PM<sub>10</sub>, PM<sub>2.5,</sub> and OC surface measurements provides the first indications for improved CAMx performance with the VBS scheme.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/32PM atmospheric modelingorganic aerosolsCAMxSOAPVBS |
| spellingShingle | Anastasia Poupkou Serafim Kontos Natalia Liora Dimitrios Tsiaousidis Ioannis Kapsomenakis Stavros Solomos Eleni Liakakou Eleni Athanasopoulou Georgios Grivas Evangelia Diapouli Vasiliki Vasilatou Stefanos Papagiannis Athena Progiou Pavlos Kalabokas Dimitrios Melas Evangelos Gerasopoulos Konstantinos Eleftheriadis Christos Zerefos Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests Environmental Sciences Proceedings PM atmospheric modeling organic aerosols CAMx SOAP VBS |
| title | Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests |
| title_sort | evaluation of the simulated atmospheric particulate matter chemical composition in athens organic aerosols formation sensitivity tests |
| topic | PM atmospheric modeling organic aerosols CAMx SOAP VBS |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/32 |
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