A multi-scale urban atmospheric dispersion model for emergency management |
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| Authors: | MIAO Yucong LIU Shuhua ZHENG Hui ZHENG Yijia CHEN Bicheng WANG Shu |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871
2. Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA |
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| Abstract: | To assist emergency management planning and prevention in case of hazardous chemical release into the atmosphere, especially in densely built-up regions with large populations, a multi-scale urban atmospheric dispersion model was established.Three numerical dispersion experiments, at horizontal resolutions of 10 m, 50 m and 3000 m, were performed to estimate the adverse effects of toxic chemical release in densely built-up areas. The multi-scale atmospheric dispersion model is composed of the Weather Forecasting and Research(WRF) model, the Open Source Field Operation and Manipulation software package, and a Lagrangian dispersion model. Quantification of the adverse health effects of these chemical release events are given by referring to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Acute Exposure Guideline Levels. The wind fields of the urban-scale case, with 3 km horizontal resolution, were simulated by the Beijing Rapid Update Cycle system, which were utilized by the WRF model. The sub-domain-scale cases took advantage of the computational fluid dynamics method to explicitly consider the effects of buildings. It was found that the multi-scale atmospheric dispersion model is capable of simulating the flow pattern and concentration distribution on different scales, ranging from several meters to kilometers, and can therefore be used to improve the planning of prevention and response programs. |
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| Keywords: | WRF model OpenFOAM AEGLs multi-scale simulation |
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