CALCULATION OF SOME OZONE POLLUTION INDEXES FOR BULGARIA
Georgi K. Gadzhev, Kostadin G. Ganev, Nikolay G. Miloshev, Dimiter E. Syrakov, Maria Prodanova
Pages: 384-392
Published: 1 Jun 2014
Views: 3,434
Downloads: 862
Abstract: As an active photo-oxidant the atmospheric ozone can cause serious damages to human health and vegetation – forests, crops. That is why the ozone studies are of primary importance for adequate formulation of the environmental policy of the country. A set of integral ozone characteristics (ozone indices) has been developed, which make it possible the ozone pollution impact on human health and ecosystems to be quantitatively evaluated. Calculation and analysis of these ozone indices for Bulgaria are the overall goals of the present work. The US EPA Models-3 system is chosen as a modelling tool. As the NCEP Global Analysis Data with 1 degree resolution is used as meteorological background, the MM5 and CMAQ nesting capabilities are applied for downscaling the simulations to a 9 km resolution over Balkans and 3 km over Bulgaria. The TNO emission inventory is used as emission input. Special pre-processing procedures are created for introducing temporal profiles and speciation of the emissions. The study is based on a large number of numerical simulations carried out day by day for years 2000-2007.
Keywords: ozone levels, air pollution modelling, us epa models-3 system, aot40c, aot40f, nod60
Cite this article: Georgi K. Gadzhev, Kostadin G. Ganev, Nikolay G. Miloshev, Dimiter E. Syrakov, Maria Prodanova. CALCULATION OF SOME OZONE POLLUTION INDEXES FOR BULGARIA. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Ecology & Safety 8, 384-392 (2014). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1000110/
Download full text
Back to the contents of the volume
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This permission does not cover any third party copyrighted material which may appear in the work requested.
Disclaimer: The opinions and claims presented in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of their affiliated organizations, the publisher, editors, or reviewers.
