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Profile and Remote Sensing Observation Datasets (Trace Gases and Aerosols) for Regional- Scale Model Evaluation under the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII)- North American and European Perspectives
Citation:
Szykman, Jim, E. Solazzo, O. Cooper, M. Silverman, C. Trepte, M. Newchurch, J. Cammas, AND A. Thomas. Profile and Remote Sensing Observation Datasets (Trace Gases and Aerosols) for Regional- Scale Model Evaluation under the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII)- North American and European Perspectives. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 0(0):22-29, (2014).
Impact/Purpose:
Within the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII)1,2, a goal is to work across continents to develop a sustained capability to evaluate regional-scale air quality models to simulate pollutant transport and transformation processes throughout the PBL and Free Troposphere (FT) and identify and improve model deficiencies. An underlying objective is to promote the need for high-quality observations to adequately characterize atmospheric processes and changes throughout the troposphere.
Description:
While the vast majority of operational air-pollution networks across the world are designed to measure relevant metrics at the surface, the air pollution problem is a three-dimensional phenomenon. The lack of adequate observations aloft to routinely characterize the nature of air pollution throughout the air column continues to limit our understanding of pollutant transport in the nocturnal residual layer and downward mixing on the next day at locations far removed from the source region as the planetary boundary layer (PBL) starts to grow.