MUSE - a multilayer dispersion model for reactive pollutants

摘要

As a new constituent of the EUMAC Zooming Model (EZM) system, the multilayer model MUSE allows efficiently simulating the formation of photochemical smog on smaller computers (e.g. workstations). In its first application, MUSE is used to describe the dispersion and chemical transformation of air pollutants in the Athens basin and the Mesogia plain for various meteorological situations. Emphasis is put on discussing how airport emissions affect air quality assuming that the airport is operating either at Hellenikon or at Spata. Comparison of simulation results achieved with MUSE for one selected scenario with corresponding results of the validated three-dimensional photochemical dispersion model MARS reveals that the model MUSE is capable of reproducing the spatial and diurnal variation of the major photochemical air pollutants in the Athens basin and the Mesogia plain.