Turbulence-permitting air pollution simulation  for the Stuttgart metropolitan area

Schwitalla, Thomas; Bauer, Hans-Stefan; Warrach-Sagi, Kirsten; Bönisch, Thomas; Wulfmeyer, Volker

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4575-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4575-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4575-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

Research article

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24 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 24 Mar 2021

Turbulence-permitting air pollution simulation for the Stuttgart metropolitan area

Thomas Schwitalla, Hans-Stefan Bauer, Kirsten Warrach-Sagi, Thomas Bönisch, and Volker Wulfmeyer

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RC1: 'acp-2020-968', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Thomas Schwitalla, 03 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review of 'Turbulence-permitting air pollution simulation for the Stuttgart metropolitan area' by T. Schwitalla et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Thomas Schwitalla, 03 Feb 2021

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Feb 2021) by Ronald Cohen

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A prototype of an air quality forecasting system (AQFS) on a turbulence-permitting (TP) horizontal resolution of 50 m is developed. AQFS is based on the WRF-Chem model and uses high-resolution emission data from different pollution sources. A simulation case study of a typical winter day in south Germany serves as a test bed. Results indicate that the complex topography plays an important role for the horizontal and vertical pollution distribution over the Stuttgart metropolitan area.