{"title":"Parameterisation study of chemically reactive pollutant dispersion over idealised urban areas based on the Gaussian plume model","authors":"Zhangquan Wu, C. Liu","doi":"10.1504/IJEP.2019.10023401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEP.2019.10023401","url":null,"abstract":"Dispersion of pollutants emitted from vehicles over urban areas largely affects pedestrian-level air quality. In this study, turbulent dispersion of reactive pollutants in the ABL over hypothetical urban areas in the form of idealised street canyons is investigated using large-eddy simulation (LES). Nitric oxide (NO) is emitted from the first street canyon into the urban ABL doped with ozone (O3). First of all, we make use of the advection-diffusion equation with chemical kinetics to derive the theoretical relation between the dispersion coefficients of tracer and reactive pollutants. Next, the source depletion analogy is used to determine the plume shape instead of the conventional Gaussian plume model. Finally, regression to the LES output unveils that the vertical dimensionless NO concentration profiles exhibit self-similarity for a range of background O3 concentrations. A new parameterisation of reactive plume dispersion over urban areas, whose performance is remarkable over the mean plume rise, is thus suggested.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49257903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Halenka, M. Belda, P. Huszár, J. Karlický, T. Nováková, M. Žák
{"title":"On the comparison of urban canopy effects parameterisation","authors":"T. Halenka, M. Belda, P. Huszár, J. Karlický, T. Nováková, M. Žák","doi":"10.1504/IJEP.2019.10023405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEP.2019.10023405","url":null,"abstract":"To assess the impact of cities on climate, modelling is used with inclusion of urban parameterisation which is important when applying higher resolution. It is essential to assess uncertainties of urban effect parameterisations. To estimate this we performed experiments with available settings of urban canopy models over central Europe for 2001-2010. We have used RegCM4 and WRF in 10 km resolution, three surface schemes and five urban canopy parameterisations available. Selected WRF options were tested for urbanised weather prediction in 3 km resolution to show the effect in a single extreme case study. Urban heat island was detected in all simulations, for summer night the strongest on average was a few °C. We demonstrate that for cities like Prague it can in extremes approach 5°C, for larger city such as Budapest it is 8°C. In weather prediction mode, WRF model captured these effects in a single heat wave with selected parameterisations well.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41270389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of regional climate model simulations for Central Europe as a potential tool to assess weather-related air quality conditions","authors":"I. Pieczka, R. Pongrácz, C. Németh, Tímea Kalmár","doi":"10.1504/ijep.2019.10026239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2019.10026239","url":null,"abstract":"Potentially adverse air quality is discussed via its relation to wind conditions and boundary layer thickness. The main goal of the study is to evaluate different RegCM simulations for 1981–1990, driven by either reanalysis data or global climate model output. Wind speed, temperature, planetary boundary layer (PBL) height and the Holst stagnation index are analysed and compared to the reference data. Wind is overestimated throughout the year. Temperature is overestimated in the plain areas, whereas underestimated in the mountains. The PBL height is generally overestimated and substantial differences are identified between the RegCM4.5 and RegCM4.3 simulations. Consequently, these result in substantial underestimations of the Holst stagnation index and of the frequency of potentially adverse air quality, although the annual cycles are reproduced well. In order to prepare reliable projections, the testing of different model setups must be continued, especially changing the Holtslag scheme to a different PBL parameterisation scheme.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66800079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen Rathinaraj Benjamin, F. D. Lima, E. Florean, M. Guedes
{"title":"Current trends in nanotechnology for bioremediation","authors":"Stephen Rathinaraj Benjamin, F. D. Lima, E. Florean, M. Guedes","doi":"10.1504/IJEP.2020.10023170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEP.2020.10023170","url":null,"abstract":"Nanotechnology is an emerging field to produce nano-scale products with more efficient reactivity and larger surface area than its bulk phase. These unique attributes of nanoparticles offer immense potential for their application to clean up petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, and metal-contaminated sites. As compared to the conventional physicochemical methods of remediation of contaminated sites, the bioremediation has been drawing increasing attention due to its economic, eco-friendly and self-propelling attributes. Nanoparticles (NPs) can be either applied directly for removal of organic contaminants through adsorption or chemical modification. They can also serve as a facilitator in microbial remediation of contaminants either by immobilising or through the induced production of remediating microbial enzymes. The present review provides an overview of different types of nano-technologies with biological and plant-based bioremediation approaches.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66799794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An approach for selection of solid waste disposal sites by rapid impact assessment matrix and environmental performance index analysis","authors":"Nekram Rawal","doi":"10.1504/ijep.2019.10026236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2019.10026236","url":null,"abstract":"The selection of landfill sites for disposal of municipal solid waste is an important challenge for the engineering system. In this study, selection procedure of an appropriate landfill site among the four landfill sites for disposal of waste in Allahabad (India) is highlighted. A questionnaire comprising physical/chemical, biological/ecological, social/cultural and economic/operational aspects was prepared. A survey was conducted among the residents near all four landfill sites. The responses were analysed with a rapid impact assessment matrix tool to quantify the intangible effects in terms of environmental score. Environmental performance index (EPI) was also computed for all four sites to intelligibly ascertain the efficacy of each solid waste disposal facility. The results revealed that Ganja landfill site was the best site as compared with the other sites. The EPI of Kareli, Alopibagh, Phaphamau and Ganja sites was –110.315, –123.541, –98.867 and –54.586, respectively.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66799969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, I. Faragó, K. Georgiev, Ágnes Havasi
{"title":"Advanced algorithms for studying the impact of climate changes on ozone levels in the atmosphere","authors":"Z. Zlatev, I. Dimov, I. Faragó, K. Georgiev, Ágnes Havasi","doi":"10.1504/ijep.2019.10026237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2019.10026237","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of the increased temperature on some pollution levels is studied by developing climate scenarios and by running them on a period of 16 consecutive years. The mathematical model used in the experiments is a system of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) and the space domain contains the whole of Europe together with some of its surroundings. Difficult computational problems arise after the direct discretisation of the spatial derivatives in the equations. The enormous computational problems can be treated successfully only by resolving five important tasks: 1) applying accurate and efficient numerical algorithms; 2) selecting an appropriate splitting procedure; 3) developing parallel codes; 4) using high-speed computers; 5) exploiting well the cache memories of the parallel computers. Numerical results will be presented in order to illustrate both the efficiency of the code and the fact that the future climate changes will result in consistent increase of some pollution levels.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66800020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander Slawik, James B. Silva, Kevin C. Axelrod, J. Urban, N. Platt
{"title":"Independent analysis of time-varying hydrogen cyanide gas exposures on rats using toxic load-based modelling","authors":"Alexander Slawik, James B. Silva, Kevin C. Axelrod, J. Urban, N. Platt","doi":"10.1504/ijep.2019.10026621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2019.10026621","url":null,"abstract":"The US Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) sponsored a two-year set of experiments, conducted in 2012 and 2013, that were designed and executed by the US Army's Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC) and the Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-D) to explore time-varying inhalation exposures of hydrogen cyanide gas on rats. Our analysis, detailed in a separate paper, finds that a single set of fitted parameters for the toxic load model (i.e., the toxic load exponent n, probit slope m, and median lethal exposure TL50) cannot accurately model the single exposure experimental data across the experiments' full range of time from 2.3 to 30 minutes but can on the longer timescales of 10 to 30 minutes. However, none of the toxic load models that we considered fits the experimental data for the novel, time-varying exposures well, with the average concentration and Griffiths-Megson models providing the least inaccurate casualty predictions.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66800198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assaying SARIMA and generalised regularised regression for particulate matter PM10 modelling and forecasting","authors":"A. Ivanov, Snezhana Gocheva Ilieva","doi":"10.1504/ijep.2019.10026235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2019.10026235","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66799959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Syrakov, M. Prodanova, E. Georgieva, E. Hristova
{"title":"Applying WRF-CMAQ models for assessment of sulphur and nitrogen deposition in Bulgaria for the years 2016 and 2017","authors":"D. Syrakov, M. Prodanova, E. Georgieva, E. Hristova","doi":"10.1504/ijep.2019.10026238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2019.10026238","url":null,"abstract":"Wet, dry and total depositions of sulphur (S) and nitrogen (N) in Bulgaria are simulated on an annual and seasonal basis for the years 2016 and 2017 using WRF-CMAQ (9 km grid resolution). The mean annual values for wet depositions are about 1,300 kg.km–2, the dry depositions are slightly lower for S and significantly lower for N (180 kg.km–2). The highest modelled wet depositions are in the western and south-western parts of the country, the highest dry depositions – in the northern and eastern parts. The comparison for the wet depositions at three sites with precipitation chemistry data indicates overestimation. A precipitation bias adjustment applied to the modelled depositions results in decrease of the normalised mean bias by a factor of 3. Comparison to modelled deposition data from literature for this region of the country is also provided.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66800040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification of dust transport patterns and sources by using MODIS: a technique developed to discriminate dust and clouds","authors":"Z. Nisa, S. Atif, M. Khokhar","doi":"10.1504/ijep.2019.10026245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijep.2019.10026245","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on exploring the meteorological factors behind dust emergence and spread over Baluchistan in the post-monsoon season, as much of the existing research has been done on spring episodes. With the integration of remote sensing and meteorological methods, efforts were made to explore the relationship of dust storms with land-atmospheric conditions like surface temperature and aerosol optical depth (AOD) in the selected season. To map dust spatial distribution, a cloud-free product of brightness temperature difference (BTD) composite from MODIS terra level 1B emissive bands was prepared and classified using maximum likelihood technique. Two case studies of October 2004 and December 2011 exhibited the short-term cooling effect on the surface due to increased AOD. Dominant synoptic patterns of cold trough front formation with low-pressure centre development over eastern Iran were found as a significant feature of dust mobility towards warmer Baluchistan. Back trajectory analysis revealed that dust from south western Kazakhstan and eastern Europe converged over land of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which may have instigated its uplift over Helmand Basin. Evidence of a dominant effect of air masses from Middle East, Iran and Iraq was found in post-monsoon dust episodes.","PeriodicalId":14072,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Pollution","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66800131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}