Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14059-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14059-2018
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04 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 04 Oct 2018

Impact of urban canopy meteorological forcing on aerosol concentrations

Peter Huszar, Michal Belda, Jan Karlický, Tatsiana Bardachova, Tomas Halenka, and Petr Pisoft

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The impact of meteorological changes introduced by urbanization on aerosol concentration using a regional climate model and a chemistry transport model over central Europe is investigated. We found a strong increase of temperature and turbulence and a decrease of humidity and wind speed due to urban surfaces. This resulted in a clear decrease of aerosol concentrations near the surface: PM2.5 concentrations were reduced by 3 μg/m3. The dominating effect is the increased turbulent transport.
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