Modelling Street-Scale Resolution Air Quality for the West Midlands (UK) Using the ADMS-Urban RML System

Jian Zhong; Christina Hood; Kate Johnson; Jenny Stocker; Jonathan Handley; Mark Wolstencroft; Andrea Mazzeo; Xiaoming Cai; William James Bloss

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12786-1_10

Modelling Street-Scale Resolution Air Quality for the West Midlands (UK) Using the ADMS-Urban RML System

Jian Zhong^*, Christina Hood, Kate Johnson, Jenny Stocker, Jonathan Handley, Mark Wolstencroft, Andrea Mazzeo, Xiaoming Cai, William James Bloss

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Abstract

Air pollution is a major environmental concern in urban areas, causing substantial adverse effects on human health. This study simulated street-scale resolution air quality for the West Midlands region in the UK using a regional-to-local coupled system, which combined the regional CMAQ model with the local ADMS-Urban model, without double-counting emissions. CMAQ was used to represent dispersion on large temporal and spatial scales, while ADMS-Urban represents the local short-term dispersion from explicit point and road sources. Both models were evaluated against observations with reasonable performance, i.e. CMAQ captured measured air pollutant concentrations at background sites, while coupled ADMS-Urban RML (Regional Model Link) also captured air pollution concentrations at roadside sites, where local effects were important. Street scale air quality maps were produced from the ADMS-Urban RML, which can be linked to health-related exposure studies. The coupled air quality modelling system for WM serves as an effective tool to evaluate potential regional and local air pollution mitigation policies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVIII
Editors	Clemens Mensink, Oriol Jorba
Publisher	Springer
Pages	77-82
Number of pages	6
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031127861
ISBN (Print)	9783031127854, 9783031127885
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12786-1_10
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2023
Event	ITM 2021 - Auditorium UPC, Barcelona, Spain Duration: 18 Oct 2021 → 22 Oct 2021

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Name	Springer Proceedings in Complexity
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2213-8684
ISSN (Electronic)	2213-8692

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Conference	ITM 2021
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	18/10/21 → 22/10/21

Keywords

Street-scale
Air quality
Regional-to-local coupled system
West Midlands
Road sources

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Zhong, J., Hood, C., Johnson, K., Stocker, J., Handley, J., Wolstencroft, M., Mazzeo, A., Cai, X., & Bloss, W. J. (2023). Modelling Street-Scale Resolution Air Quality for the West Midlands (UK) Using the ADMS-Urban RML System. In C. Mensink, & O. Jorba (Eds.), Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVIII (1 ed., pp. 77-82). (Springer Proceedings in Complexity). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12786-1_10

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Zhong, J, Hood, C, Johnson, K, Stocker, J, Handley, J, Wolstencroft, M, Mazzeo, A, Cai, X & Bloss, WJ 2023, Modelling Street-Scale Resolution Air Quality for the West Midlands (UK) Using the ADMS-Urban RML System. in C Mensink & O Jorba (eds), Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVIII. 1 edn, Springer Proceedings in Complexity, Springer, pp. 77-82, ITM 2021, Barcelona, Spain, 18/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12786-1_10

Modelling Street-Scale Resolution Air Quality for the West Midlands (UK) Using the ADMS-Urban RML System. / Zhong, Jian; Hood, Christina; Johnson, Kate et al.
Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVIII. ed. / Clemens Mensink; Oriol Jorba. 1. ed. Springer, 2023. p. 77-82 (Springer Proceedings in Complexity).

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Modelling Street-Scale Resolution Air Quality for the West Midlands (UK) Using the ADMS-Urban RML System

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