气象条件对烟囱污染物影响的模拟研究

利用ISC3模型模拟了某电厂不同高度烟囱在不同风速、不同稳定度情况下SO2的最大落地浓度和落地距离。结果表明:在烟囱高度不变的情况下,稳定度不变,如果风速逐渐加大,则SO2最大落地浓度变小,且最大落地距离亦变小;烟囱高度不变且风速不变情况下,稳定度由稳定趋向于不稳定,则SO2最大浓度变小且最大落地距离变小;在风速和稳定度不变的条件下,随着烟囱高度的减小,SO2最大浓度变大且最大落地距离不变;在建烟囱最高高度不宜超过300 m。     

气象条件对烟囱污染物影响的模拟研究

利用ISC3模型模拟了某电厂不同高度烟囱在不同风速、不同稳定度情况下SO2的最大落地浓度和落地距离。结果表明：在烟囱高度不变的情况下,稳定度不变,如果风速逐渐加大,则SO2最大落地浓度变小,且最大落地距离亦变小;烟囱高度不变且风速不变情况下,稳定度由稳定趋向于不稳定,则SO2最大浓度变小且最大落地距离变小;在风速和稳定度不变的条件下,随着烟囱高度的减小,SO2最大浓度变大且最大落地距离不变;在建烟囱最高高度不宜超过300 m。     

气象因素对汕头市大气O3污染的影响

利用2014年到2016年汕头市O_3的逐日浓度资料,分析了O_3污染的时间变化特征,并结合汕头市国家基准气象观测站的同期地面气象资料,分析了风、混合层厚度、降水、大气环流等气象因素对O_3污染的影响,同时探讨了影响污染物浓度变化的原因。结果表明:不同于北方多数城市夏季O_3污染严重,汕头市的O_3污染秋季(9—11月)最严重,初夏(6月)污染较小,这与汕头的地理位置和气候条件有关。O_3浓度呈单峰型日变化,午后15:00左右浓度最高,夜间浓度较低。风速对O_3既有扩散作用,又有混合作用,当日均风速为1.7 m/s时O_3的平均浓度最大;O_3日均浓度与14时混合层厚度呈显著正相关,午后混合层厚度对O_3日内峰值有很大影响;O_3平均浓度在相对湿度60%时达到最大,高相对湿度不利于O_3体积分数的积累;降水对O_3的去除效果随着降水量级的增大而增大,汛期降水的去除效果与总体去除效果基本一致,而非汛期强降水(中雨以上)去除效果更加显著;出现轻雾时O_3浓度接近平均,出现霾时O_3浓度较高,出现大雾时不利于O_3的生成;当汕头市地面为冷高压脊、850 hPa为东北风场、500 hPa为副热带高压控制时,有利于光化学反应,易造成O_3污染。     

城市非点源污染负荷估算研究

针对污染地表水环境的城市径流污染源,利用SCS降雨径流模拟建立了城市径流不同土地利用类型径流系数与年降雨量的相关关系,其相关性显著;在不同降雨强度条件下,对典型示范区城市排污口实施降雨过程监测,获得了有代表性的城市径流污染物平均浓度,从而估算出辽宁省城市径流污染负荷总量。     

绿化带对城市大气环境及空气质量的影响

采用北京大学城市大气边界层模式模拟了城区下风向绿化带对城市温度场、风场及空气质量的影响。模拟表明,一天中不同时刻绿化带附近存在不同程度的污染加重现象,上午10:00(北京时)污染浓度最大增加66%;绿化带降温范围最大达到下风向0.5 km。同时还进行了下风向绿化带与城区加强绿化的对比数值试验,结果表明,城区加强绿化后绝大部分范围气温出现较明显下降,最大降温幅度为1.6℃。此项研究可为园林及城市规划等部门提供参考。     

辽宁中部城市群可吸入颗粒物PM10和PM2.5的污染特征研究

利用2006年8月-2007年10月辽宁中部沈阳、鞍山、抚顺和本溪4城市可吸入颗粒物PM10、PM2.5、PM1及同步气象因子的监测资料,分析了可吸入颗粒物分布特征、污染水平及其与气象因子的关系。结果表明：受区域天气系统的影响,4城市PM10和PM2.5的日平均浓度变化趋势基本一致,具有区域分布特征;PM10超标率冬季为最高;PM2.5日平均浓度占PM10比例夏季和冬季最大;PM10、PM2.5和PM1之间有很好的相关性;PM10与风速、温度呈负相关,PM2.5和PM1与能见度、风速、温度呈负相关,与相对湿度成正相关。     

华南一些城市近地层大气扩散与输送特征

本文利用1980—1983年广州、湛江、汕头等地的实测资料，讨论了华南一些城市近地层大气污染物扩散与输送特征。发现由于垂直扩散较强，最大浓度常于近源处发生，且向下风方浓度衰减较快。受近地层局地小扰动的影响，大气污染浓度分布常呈现不规则起伏。季风对华南一些城市污染物输送规律有较大影响，从而使平均污染浓度高值区具有明显的季节性变化。沿海城市大气污染还在一定程度上受到海陆风的作用，而使浓度分布有明显的日变化。最后讨论了雨水的冲洗作用。     

气象条件对大气污染物扩散的影响

本文主要论述了风速、大气稳定度、混合层厚度、逆温层对自然环境产生影响的主要作用。风速的大小直接影响污染物扩散、稀释程度和范围,并影响地面浓度大小、最大落地浓度与污染源距离的变化。大气稳定度是表征大气湍流强度的重要综合参量。本文也论述了风速相同稳定度不同情况下最大落地浓度与距离的关系。混合层厚度较低而又接近有效源高情况下必须考虑混合层的反射污染物的作用。同时指出了强逆温情况下早晨在消散过程易形成熏烟现象。     

NAQPMS+APM模式对北京冬季细粒子谱分布演变特征的数值模拟

利用包含详细微物理动力学机制的NAQPMS+APM(Nested Air Quality Prediction Modeling System with Advanced Particle Microphysics)模式,对北京城市大气2006年1月15日至2月13日期间的粒子数浓度谱分布进行了模拟,模式模拟结果合理,能够很好地再现北京城市大气细粒子的数浓度谱分布演变特征。分析表明,北京冬季大气新粒子形成事件频发,核化作用使核模态粒子数浓度急剧升高;污染累积时,积聚模态粒子数浓度显著增大,而核模态粒子数浓度很小,粒子谱分布向大粒子端移动;重污染期间,粒子微物理混合作用强烈,二次成分在一次粒子上的附着使一次粒子粒径显著增大,二次成分可使一次粒子粒径增大50%以上,积聚模态的二次粒子与一次粒子共同促进了污染的形成。在北京及其近周边区域,北京南部和河北南部一次粒子数量多,占据主导地位,而在河北北部二次粒子则占主导地位。     

城市环境对重气扩散的影响及其验证

开发了适合城市环境下的应急重气扩散模型——SLAB_URBAN模型,该模型能够对城市环境下重气的传输扩散过程进行模拟。模型的原理基于重气扩散浅层理论,采用了新的城市边界层和扩散参数的参数化方案。该方案考虑了城市冠层内特有的风和湍流扩散的特征,能够体现城市边界层和湍流对重气扩散的影响。对美国盐湖城Urban2000的城市扩散试验进行模拟,主要验证下风方向观测弧所观测到的气体最大小时平均浓度与源释放速率的比值。结果表明,模型能够比较好地模拟出下风方向上浓度的分布特征。另外,与国外同类城市扩散模型的比较来看,SLAB_URBAN模型的模拟能力居于前列。     

Lichen as quantitative biomonitors of atmospheric heavy metals deposition in Central India

Three different growth forms of lichens belonging to six species; Phaeophyscia hispidula, Parmotrema praesorediosum (foliose); Caloplaca subsoluta, Diploschistes candidissmus (crustose) and Peltula euploca, Phylliscum indicum (squamulose) were studied comparatively for the biomonitoring of Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni and Zn in Mandav city in central India. Based on the anthropogenic activities three sites were selected for lichen collection. To identify the sources of heavy metal pollution, their concentration was analyzed in thallus as well as in their respective substrates. The thallus of studied lichens showed higher concentration of metals such as Cd, Cr, Ni and Zn, while most of the metals were absent or present in negligible amount in substrates (Fe, Al, Cu), which proves that the accumulated metals were air borne. The foliose lichens (P. hispidula and P. praesorediosum) found highly significant in metal accumulation at each sites followed by crustose and squamulose forms. Lichen samples collected from site 2, adjacent to road side accumulated maximum quantities of Zn, Ni, Cd and Cr whereas the city centre (Site 1) had maximum concentrations of Fe, Cu and Al. The site 3 situated away from the city had lowest amount of all the metals. The analysis of variance and LSD indicated that the metal concentrations among lichen species as well as between substratum is significant at p < 0.05% and P < 0.01% level respectively.     

Longwave incoming radiation in the Tropics: results from field work in three African cities

Summary This study investigates differences in longwave incoming radiation (L↓) within and between three African cities, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and Gaborone (Botswana), during the dry season, and evaluates the performance of a model to simulate these fluxes. In each city, direct observations of L↓, shortwave incoming radiation (K↓), air temperature, air humidity, and total suspended particle (TSP) concentration for three land uses (CBD, green residential, and traditional residential) were taken. The observed L↓ flux decreases with increasing latitude, and temperature becomes an increasingly important factor in governing L↓ variations further from the Equator. Humidity, as well as particle loading, differs significantly between the three cities. Differences between observed and modelled ɛ_sky for rural stations near all cities showed a clear diurnal variation, with maximum differences of 0.08 between day and night. This diurnal difference was incorporated in the model and, for urban areas the model overestimates L↓ by around 25 Wm⁻². However, this model performs equally well regardless of the land use considered in any of the cities. The residual (difference between observed and modelled urban L↓) did not show any correlation with particulate pollution. However, the difference between observed and calculated ɛ_sky is around 0.05 higher in Ouagadougou compared to the other cities, likely due to the heavy dust load observed here. It is concluded that tropical urban longwave radiation is not dramatically different from the mid latitudes.     

On the Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Investigate Aerosol Dispersion in an Industrial Environment: A Case Study

Aerosol dispersion in the area surrounding an existing biological treatment facility is investigated using large-eddy simulation, with the objective to investigate the applicability of computational fluid dynamics to complex real-life problems. The aerosol sources consist of two large aeration ponds that slowly diffuse aerosols into the atmosphere. These sources are modelled as dilute concentrations of a non-buoyant non-reacting pollutant diffusing from two horizontal surfaces. The time frame of the aerosol release is restricted to the order of minutes, justifying a statistically steady inlet boundary condition. The numerical results are compared to wind-tunnel experiments for validation. The wind-tunnel flow characteristics resemble neutral atmospheric conditions with a Reynolds number, based on the boundary-layer thickness, of Re _δ ≈ 2 × 10⁵. The numerical inflow conditions are based upon the wind-tunnel flow field. The predicted decay of both the mean and root-mean-square concentrations are in good agreement with experimental data; at 3 m from the ground, the plume mean concentration 200 m downwind of the source is approximately 2% of the source strength. The numerical data in the near-surface layer (0–50 m from the ground) correspond particularly well with the wind-tunnel data. Tentative deposition simulations suggest that there seems to be little difference in the deposition rates of large (1.8 × 10⁻⁵ m) and small (3 × 10⁻⁶ m) particles in the near-field under the flow conditions considered.     

North Sea – Caspian Pattern (NCP) – an upper level atmospheric teleconnection affecting the eastern Mediterranean – implications on the regional climate

Summary ?A calendar of the negative and positive phases of the North Sea – Caspian Pattern (NCP) for the period 1958–1998 was used to analyse the implication of the NCP upper level teleconnections on the regional climate of the eastern Mediterranean basin. Series of monthly mean air temperature and monthly total rainfall from 33 stations across Greece, Turkey and Israel, for the same period, were used. For each month, from October to April, averages of the monthly mean temperatures and the monthly rainfall totals as well as the standardized values of both parameters were calculated separately for the negative (NCP (−)) and the positive (NCP (+)) phases of the NCP. At all stations and in all months, temperature values were significantly higher during the NCP (−) as compared with the NCP (+). Furthermore, apart from very few exceptions, the absolute monthly mean maximum and monthly mean minimum values were obtained during the NCP (−) and the NCP (+) phases, respectively. The maximum impact of the NCP on mean air temperature was detected in the continental Anatolian Plateau, where the mean seasonal differences are around 3.5 °C. This influence decreases westwards and southwards. The influence on the rainfall regime is more complex. Regions exposed to the southern maritime trajectories, in Greece and in Turkey, receive more rainfall during the NCP (−) phase, whereas in the regions exposed to the northern maritime trajectories, such as Crete in Greece, the Black Sea region in Turkey, and in all regions of Israel, there is more rainfall during the NCP (+) phase. The accumulated rainfall differences between the two phases are over 50% of the seasonal average for some stations. A comparison of the capabilities of the NCP, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Southern Oscillation (SO) indices to differentiate between below and above normal temperatures was made. The results have placed the NCP, as the best by far of all three teleconnections in its ability to differentiate between below or above normal temperatures and as the main teleconnection affecting the climate of the Balkans, the Anatolian Peninsula and the Middle East. These results may serve to downscale General Circulation Model (GCM) scenarios to a regional scale and provide forecasts regarding eventual temperature and/or precipitation changes. Received June 25, 2001; revised February 25, 2002; accepted March 3, 2002     

Volatile organic compounds at a rural site in western Senegal

The objectives of this study were to identify species and levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and determine their oxidation capacity in the rural atmosphere of western Senegal. A field study was conducted to obtain air samples during September 14 and September 15, 2006 for analyses of VOCs. Methanol, acetone, and acetaldehyde were the most abundant detected chemical species and their maximum mixing ratios reached 6 parts per billion on a volume basis (ppbv). Local emission sources such as firewood and charcoal burning strongly influenced VOC concentrations. The VOC concentrations exhibited little temporal variations due to the low reactivity with hydroxyl radicals, with reactivity values ranging from 0.001 to 2.6 s⁻¹. The conditions in this rural site were rather clean. Low ambient NO _x levels limited ozone production. Nitrogen oxide (NO _x ) levels reached values less than 2 ppbv and maximum VOC/NO _x ratios reached 60 ppbvC/ppbv, with an overall average of 2.4 ± 4.5 ppbvC/ppbv. This indicates that the rural western Senegal region is NO _x limited in terms of oxidant formation potential. Therefore, during the study period photochemical ozone production became limited due to low ambient NO _x levels. The estimated ozone formation reactivity for VOCs was low and ranged between −5.5 mol of ozone/mol of benzaldehyde to 0.6 mol/mol of anthropogenic dienes.     

Numerical simulations of pollutant dispersion in an idealized urban area,for different meteorological conditions

In order to estimate the impacts of buildings on air pollution dispersion, numerical simulations are performed over an idealized urban area, modelled as regular rows of large rectangular obstacles. The simulations are evaluated with the results of the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST), which is a near full-scale experiment conducted in Utah’s West Desert area: it consists of releases of a neutral gas in a field of regularly spaced shipping containers. The numerical simulations are performed with the model Mercure_Saturne, which is a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics code adapted to atmospheric flow and dispersion simulations. It resolves complex geometries and uses, in this study, a k–∈ closure for the turbulence model. Sensitivity studies focus on how to prescribe the inflow conditions for turbulent kinetic energy. Furthermore, different sets of coefficients available in the literature for the k–∈ closure model are tested. Twenty MUST trials with different meteorological conditions are simulated and detailed analyses are performed for both the dynamical variables and average concentration. Our results show overall good agreement according to statistical comparison parameters, with a fraction of predictions for average concentration within a factor of two of observations of 67.1%. The set of simulations offers several inflow wind directions and allows us to emphasize the impact of elongated buildings, which create a deflection of the plume centerline relative to the upstream wind direction.     

SHEBA flux–profile relationships in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

Measurements of atmospheric turbulence made during the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean Experiment (SHEBA) are used to examine the profile stability functions of momentum, φ _m , and sensible heat, φ _h , in the stably stratified boundary layer over the Arctic pack ice. Turbulent fluxes and mean meteorological data that cover different surface conditions and a wide range of stability conditions were continuously measured and reported hourly at five levels on a 20-m main tower for 11 months. The comprehensive dataset collected during SHEBA allows studying φ _m and φ _h in detail and includes ample data for the very stable case. New parameterizations for φ _m (ζ) and φ _h (ζ) in stable conditions are proposed to describe the SHEBA data; these cover the entire range of the stability parameter ζ = z/L from neutral to very stable conditions, where L is the Obukhov length and z is the measurement height. In the limit of very strong stability, φ _m follows a ζ ^1/3 dependence, whereas φ _h initially increases with increasing ζ, reaches a maximum at ζ ≈ 10, and then tends to level off with increasing ζ. The effects of self-correlation, which occur in plots of φ _m and φ _h versus ζ, are reduced by using an independent bin-averaging method instead of conventional averaging.     

金华地区夏秋大气中过氧乙酰硝酸酯的污染特征

过氧乙酰硝酸酯（PAN）是由VOCs和NO_x的光化学反应生成的一种典型二次污染物,比O₃更适合作为光化学污染的指示剂.2019年6—10月对浙江中部盆地金华市大气中PAN进行了在线监测,并对影响其体积分数变化的因素进行了分析,同时还分析了一次典型的光化学污染过程.结果表明,观测期间PAN的平均体积分数为0.656×10^-9,最高体积分数为4.348×10^-9,日均体积分数水平在0.130×10^-9~2.203×10^-9之间.PAN日变化特征显著,9月为明显的双峰变化,其他月份均为单峰.受气象条件的影响,夏季的污染程度显著低于秋季.9月27—30日典型污染时段内,PAN的小时均值是整个观测期均值的2.8倍,污染以本地积累为主.前体物浓度水平差异与去除机制的不同是影响PAN和O₃相关性的重要因素,此外NO/NO₂的比值是影响PAN生成速率的重要因素,PAN的峰值基本出现在NO/NO₂比值较低的时段.在生成PAN的VOCs物种中,丙烷、乙烷和间/对二甲苯所占比例较大.     

A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of the Influence of Subsidence on the Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

The influence of the large-scale subsidence rate, S, on the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over the Arctic Ocean snow/ice pack during clear-sky, winter conditions is investigated using a large-eddy simulation model. Simulations of two 24-h periods are conducted while varying S between 0, 0.001 and 0.002 ms⁻¹, and the resulting quasi-equilibrium ABL structures and evolutions are examined. Simulations conducted with S = 0 yield a boundary layer that is deeper, more strongly mixed and cools more rapidly than the observations. Simulations conducted with S > 0 yield improved agreement with the observations in the ABL height, potential temperature gradients and bulk heating rates. We also demonstrate that S > 0 limits the continuous growth of the ABL observed during quasi-steady conditions, leading to the formation of a nearly steady ABL of approximately uniform depth and temperature. Subsidence reduces the magnitudes of the stresses, as well as the implied eddy-diffusivity coefficients for momentum and heat, while increasing the vertical heat fluxes considerably. Subsidence is also observed to increases the Richardson number to values in excess of unity well below the ABL top.     

Kinetics of the reactions of soot surface-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with NO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The kinetics of heterogeneous reactions of NO₂ with 17 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) adsorbed on laboratory generated kerosene soot surface was studied over the temperature range (255–330) K in a low pressure flow reactor combined with an electron-impact mass spectrometer. The kinetics of soot-bound PAH consumption due to their desorption and reaction with NO₂ were monitored using off-line HPLC measurements of their concentrations in soot samples as a function of reaction time, NO₂ concentrations in the gas phase being analyzed by mass spectrometer. No measurable decay of PAHs due to the reaction with NO₂ was observed under experimental conditions of the study (maximum NO₂ concentration of 5.5 × 10¹⁴ molecule cm⁻³ and reaction time of 45 min), which allowed to determine the upper limits of the first-order rate constants for the heterogeneous reactions of 17 soot-bound PAHs with NO₂: k < 5.0 × 10⁻⁵ s⁻¹ (for most PAHs studied). Comparison of these results to previous studies carried on different carbonaceous substrates, showed that heterogeneous reactivity of PAHs towards NO₂ is, probably, dependent on the substrate nature even for resembling, although different carbonaceous materials. Results show that particulate PAHs degradation by NO₂ alone is of minor importance in the atmosphere