Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), Korea
Plant functional type (PFT) distributions affect the results of biogenic emission modeling as well as O<sub>3</sub> and particulate matter (PM) simulations using chemistry-transport models (CTMs). This paper analyzes the variations of both surface biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC...
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author | H.-K. Kim J.-H. Woo R. S. Park C. H. Song J.-H. Kim S.-J. Ban J.-H. Park |
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description | Plant functional type (PFT) distributions affect the results of biogenic
emission modeling as well as O<sub>3</sub> and particulate matter (PM) simulations using
chemistry-transport models (CTMs). This paper analyzes the variations of
both surface biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and O<sub>3</sub> concentrations due to
changes in the PFT distributions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas, Korea.
The Fifth-Generation NCAR/Pennsylvania State Meso-scale Model (MM5)/the Model of
Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN)/the Sparse Matrix Operator
Kernel Emissions (SMOKE)/the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ)
model simulations were implemented over the Seoul
Metropolitan Areas in Korea to predict surface O<sub>3</sub> concentrations for the
period of 1 May to 31 June 2008. Starting from a performance check of CTM
predictions, we consecutively assessed the effects of PFT area deviations on
the MEGAN BVOC and CTM O<sub>3</sub> predictions, and we further considered the
basis of geospatial and statistical analyses. The three PFT data sets
considered were (1) the Korean PFT, developed with Korea-specific vegetation
database; (2) the CDP PFT, adopted from the community data portal (CDP) of US
National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States (NCAR); (3)
MODIS PFT, reclassified from the NASA Terra and Aqua combined land cover
products. Although the CMAQ performance check reveals that all of the three
different PFT data sets are applicable choices for regulatory modeling
practice, noticeable primary data (i.e., PFT and Leaf Area Index (LAI)) was
observed to be missing in many geographic locations. Based on the assessed
effect of such missing data on CMAQ O<sub>3</sub> predictions, we found that this
missing data can cause spatially increased bias in CMAQ O<sub>3</sub>. Thus, it
must be resolved in the near future to obtain more accurate biogenic emission
and chemistry transport modeling results.
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Comparisons of MEGAN biogenic emission results with the three different PFT
data showed that broadleaf trees (BTs) are the most significant contributor,
followed by needleleaf trees (NTs), shrub (SB), and herbaceous plants (HBs)
to the total BVOCs. In addition, isoprene from BTs and terpene from NTs were
recognized as significant primary and secondary BVOC species in terms of BVOC
emissions distributions and O<sub>3</sub>-forming potentials in the study domain. A
geographically weighted regression analysis with locally compensated ridge
(LCR-GWR) with the different PFT data (δO<sub>3</sub> vs. δPFTs)
suggests that addition of BT, SB, and NT areas can contribute to O<sub>3</sub>
increase, whereas addition of an HB area contributes to O<sub>3</sub> decrease in
the domain.
<br><br>
Assessment results of the simulated spatial and temporal changes of O<sub>3</sub>
distributions with the different PFT scenarios reveal that hourly and local
impacts from the different PFT distributions on occasional inter-deviations
of O<sub>3</sub> are quite noticeable, reaching up to 13 ppb. The simulated
maximum 1 h O<sub>3</sub> inter-deviations between different PFT scenarios have an
asymmetric diurnal distribution pattern (low in the early morning,
rising during the day, peaking at 05:00 p.m., and decreasing during the
night) in the study domain. Exponentially diverging hourly BVOC emissions
and O<sub>3</sub> concentrations with increasing ambient temperature suggest that
the use of different PFT distribution data requires much caution when modeling (or forecasting) O<sub>3</sub>
air quality in complicated urban atmospheric conditions in terms of whether uncertainties in O<sub>3</sub> prediction results
are expected to be mild or severe. |
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spelling | doaj.art-e204de0916754071beb19b95d56fdb222022-12-21T18:49:45ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics1680-73161680-73242014-07-0114147461748410.5194/acp-14-7461-2014Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), KoreaH.-K. Kim0J.-H. Woo1R. S. Park2C. H. Song3J.-H. Kim4S.-J. Ban5J.-H. Park6Konkuk University, Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Seoul, KoreaKonkuk University, Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Seoul, KoreaGwangju Institute of Science and Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju, KoreaGwangju Institute of Science and Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju, KoreaGreen-ECOS, Seoul, KoreaNational Institute of Environmental Research, Air Quality Research Division, Incheon, KoreaNational Institute of Environmental Research, Air Quality Research Division, Incheon, KoreaPlant functional type (PFT) distributions affect the results of biogenic emission modeling as well as O<sub>3</sub> and particulate matter (PM) simulations using chemistry-transport models (CTMs). This paper analyzes the variations of both surface biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and O<sub>3</sub> concentrations due to changes in the PFT distributions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas, Korea. The Fifth-Generation NCAR/Pennsylvania State Meso-scale Model (MM5)/the Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN)/the Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE)/the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model simulations were implemented over the Seoul Metropolitan Areas in Korea to predict surface O<sub>3</sub> concentrations for the period of 1 May to 31 June 2008. Starting from a performance check of CTM predictions, we consecutively assessed the effects of PFT area deviations on the MEGAN BVOC and CTM O<sub>3</sub> predictions, and we further considered the basis of geospatial and statistical analyses. The three PFT data sets considered were (1) the Korean PFT, developed with Korea-specific vegetation database; (2) the CDP PFT, adopted from the community data portal (CDP) of US National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States (NCAR); (3) MODIS PFT, reclassified from the NASA Terra and Aqua combined land cover products. Although the CMAQ performance check reveals that all of the three different PFT data sets are applicable choices for regulatory modeling practice, noticeable primary data (i.e., PFT and Leaf Area Index (LAI)) was observed to be missing in many geographic locations. Based on the assessed effect of such missing data on CMAQ O<sub>3</sub> predictions, we found that this missing data can cause spatially increased bias in CMAQ O<sub>3</sub>. Thus, it must be resolved in the near future to obtain more accurate biogenic emission and chemistry transport modeling results. <br><br> Comparisons of MEGAN biogenic emission results with the three different PFT data showed that broadleaf trees (BTs) are the most significant contributor, followed by needleleaf trees (NTs), shrub (SB), and herbaceous plants (HBs) to the total BVOCs. In addition, isoprene from BTs and terpene from NTs were recognized as significant primary and secondary BVOC species in terms of BVOC emissions distributions and O<sub>3</sub>-forming potentials in the study domain. A geographically weighted regression analysis with locally compensated ridge (LCR-GWR) with the different PFT data (δO<sub>3</sub> vs. δPFTs) suggests that addition of BT, SB, and NT areas can contribute to O<sub>3</sub> increase, whereas addition of an HB area contributes to O<sub>3</sub> decrease in the domain. <br><br> Assessment results of the simulated spatial and temporal changes of O<sub>3</sub> distributions with the different PFT scenarios reveal that hourly and local impacts from the different PFT distributions on occasional inter-deviations of O<sub>3</sub> are quite noticeable, reaching up to 13 ppb. The simulated maximum 1 h O<sub>3</sub> inter-deviations between different PFT scenarios have an asymmetric diurnal distribution pattern (low in the early morning, rising during the day, peaking at 05:00 p.m., and decreasing during the night) in the study domain. Exponentially diverging hourly BVOC emissions and O<sub>3</sub> concentrations with increasing ambient temperature suggest that the use of different PFT distribution data requires much caution when modeling (or forecasting) O<sub>3</sub> air quality in complicated urban atmospheric conditions in terms of whether uncertainties in O<sub>3</sub> prediction results are expected to be mild or severe.http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/7461/2014/acp-14-7461-2014.pdf |
spellingShingle | H.-K. Kim J.-H. Woo R. S. Park C. H. Song J.-H. Kim S.-J. Ban J.-H. Park Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), Korea Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
title | Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), Korea |
title_full | Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), Korea |
title_fullStr | Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), Korea |
title_short | Impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the Seoul Metropolitan Areas (SMAs), Korea |
title_sort | impacts of different plant functional types on ambient ozone predictions in the seoul metropolitan areas smas korea |
url | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/7461/2014/acp-14-7461-2014.pdf |
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