MODELLING OF BENZO(A)PYRENE CONCENTRATIONS IN NORTH SEA COASTAL AREAS: CONTRIBUTION OF SHIP EMISSIONS
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Title (Dublin Core)
eng
MODELLING OF BENZO(A)PYRENE CONCENTRATIONS IN NORTH SEA COASTAL AREAS: CONTRIBUTION OF SHIP EMISSIONS
Description (Dublin Core)
eng
The effect of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) ship emissions in the greater North Sea region is investigated in this study. The
carcinogenic BaP which belongs to the group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occurs mainly particle bound at
temperatures prevailing in the mid-latitudes. The BaP concentration and deposition distribution is investigated by means of the
Community Multiscale Air Quality modelling system (CMAQ). CMAQ is a chemistry transport model developed by the US EPA that is here set up on a 54x54 km2 grid for Europe. Two different model runs, one excluding and one including ship emissions were performed for January and July 2000. For a sensitivity study three additional model runs considering also ship emissions of NOx, SO2, and PM10 were performed for January 2000. It is shown that the contribution of BaP ship emissions to the total BaP emissions is generally small but shows a noticeable seasonal variation. Furthermore, the sensitivity study shows indirect effects of other ship emissions on BaP concentration and deposition over land that are larger than those by the added BaP ship emissions alone.
carcinogenic BaP which belongs to the group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occurs mainly particle bound at
temperatures prevailing in the mid-latitudes. The BaP concentration and deposition distribution is investigated by means of the
Community Multiscale Air Quality modelling system (CMAQ). CMAQ is a chemistry transport model developed by the US EPA that is here set up on a 54x54 km2 grid for Europe. Two different model runs, one excluding and one including ship emissions were performed for January and July 2000. For a sensitivity study three additional model runs considering also ship emissions of NOx, SO2, and PM10 were performed for January 2000. It is shown that the contribution of BaP ship emissions to the total BaP emissions is generally small but shows a noticeable seasonal variation. Furthermore, the sensitivity study shows indirect effects of other ship emissions on BaP concentration and deposition over land that are larger than those by the added BaP ship emissions alone.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Bewersdorff, Ines
Aulinger, Armin
Volker, Matthias
Quante, Markus
Subject (Dublin Core)
eng
CMAQ;chemical transport modelling;benzo(a)pyrene;ship emissions
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Croatian meteorological society
Date (Dublin Core)
2008
Type (Dublin Core)
text
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
https://hrcak.srce.hr/64324
eng
https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/96452
Source (Dublin Core)
Hrvatski meteorološki časopis
ISSN 1330-0083 (Print)
ISSN 1849-0700 (Online)
Volume 43
Issue 43/2
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Rights (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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