Modelling the European wind-blown dust emissions and their impact on particulate matter (PM)  concentrations

Liaskoni, Marina; Huszar, Peter; Bartík, Lukáš; Prieto Perez, Alvaro Patricio; Karlický, Jan; Vlček, Ondřej

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3629-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3629-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3629-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 6

Research article

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27 Mar 2023

Research article |

| 27 Mar 2023

Modelling the European wind-blown dust emissions and their impact on particulate matter (PM) concentrations

Marina Liaskoni, Peter Huszar, Lukáš Bartík, Alvaro Patricio Prieto Perez, Jan Karlický, and Ondřej Vlček

Data sets

Air Quality e-Reporting products on EEA data service: E1a and E2a data sets EEA https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/map/fme/AirQualityExport.htm

Model code and software

Comprehensive Air Quality Model With Extensions version 7.10 code CAMx http://camx-wp.azurewebsites.net/download/source

Weather Research and Forecast model code, version 4.0 source code WRF https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/src/WRFV4.0.TAR.gz

Wind-blown dust module code WBDUST https://www.camx.com/download/support-software/

Short summary

Wind-blown dust (WBD) emissions emitted from European soils are estimated for the 2007–2016 period, and their impact on the total particulate matter (PM) concentration is calculated. We found a considerable increase in PM concentrations due to such emissions, especially on selected days (rather than on a seasonal average). We also found that WBD emissions are strongest over western Europe, and the highest impacts on PM are calculated for this region.