Environmental Sciences Proceedings (Aug 2023)
Evaluation of the Simulated Atmospheric Particulate Matter Chemical Composition in Athens: Organic Aerosols Formation Sensitivity Tests
- 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
Affiliations
- Anastasia Poupkou
- Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, Greece
- Serafim Kontos
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Natalia Liora
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Dimitrios Tsiaousidis
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Ioannis Kapsomenakis
- Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, Greece
- Stavros Solomos
- Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, Greece
- Eleni Liakakou
- Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, Greece
- Eleni Athanasopoulou
- Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, Greece
- Georgios Grivas
- Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, Greece
- Evangelia Diapouli
- Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
- Vasiliki Vasilatou
- Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
- Stefanos Papagiannis
- Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
- Athena Progiou
- AXON Enviro-Group Ltd., 11257 Athens, Greece
- Pavlos Kalabokas
- Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, Greece
- Dimitrios Melas
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Evangelos Gerasopoulos
- Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, Greece
- Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
- Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310 Athens, Greece
- Christos Zerefos
- Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 10680 Athens, Greece
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026032
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 26,
no. 1
p. 32
Abstract
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 PM10, PM2.5, and OC surface measurements provides the first indications for improved CAMx performance with the VBS scheme.
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