A comparison of three street canyon models with measurements at an urban station in Antwerp, Belgium

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 514-519

  Mensink, C ^a   Lefebre, F ^a   Janssen, L ^a   Cornelis, J ^a  

^a VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollution modelling; Benzene; CO; NOx; PM10; SO2; Street canyons; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN PLANNING;

AIR POLLUTION MODELING; NOX; PM10; STREET CANYONS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BENZENE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; STREET CANYON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 32144440329     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.07.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (18)

1. R. Berkowicz A simple model for urban background pollution Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 65 2000 323 331
2. R. Berkowicz Street scale models J. Fenger O. Hertel F. Palmgren Urban air pollution - European aspects 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 223 251
3. J. Brandt, J.H. Christensen, L.M. Frohn, F. Palmgren, R. Berkowicz, and Z. Zlatev Operational air pollution forecasts from European to local scale Atmospheric Environment 35 2001 S91 S98
4. A.K.M. Chu, R.C.W. Kwok, and K.N. Yu Study of pollution dispersion in urban areas using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Environmental Modelling & Software 20 2005 273 277
5. A. Coppalle A street canyon model for low wind speed conditions International Journal of Environment and Pollution 16 1-6 2001 417 424
6. I. De Vlieger, R. Berloznik, J. Duerinck, W. De Keyser, and C. Mensink Multidisciplinary study on reducing air pollution from transport. Methodology and emission results L.J. Sucharov C.A. Brebbia Urban transport and the environment for the 21st century VII 2001 WIT press Southampton 429 440
7. van Jaarsveld, J.A., 1990. An operational atmospheric transport model for priority substances; specification and instructions for use. RIVM report nr. 222501002, Bilthoven, 101 pp.
8. W.B. Johnson, F.L. Ludwig, W.F. Dabbert, and R.J. Allen An urban diffusion simulation model for carbon monoxide Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association 23 1973 490 498
9. J. Kukkonen, E. Valkonen, J. Walden, T. Koskentalo, P. Aarnio, A. Karppinen, R. Berkowicz, and R. Kartastenpää A measurement campaign in a street canyon in Helsinki and comparison of results with predictions of the OSPM model Atmospheric Environment 35 2001 231 243
10. Lefebre, F., De Ridder, K., Lewyckyj, N., Janssen, L., Geyskens, F., Mensink, C., 2003. Evaluation of AURORA simulated benzene concentrations for the urban area of Antwerp. Proceedings of the 26th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Applications, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-30 May 2003. Preprints, pp. 444-451.
11. M. Memmesheimer, H.J. Jakobs, J. Tippke, A. Ebel, M.J. Kerschgens, G. Piekorz, H. Geiss, B. Wickert, R. Friedrich, and U. Schwarz Simulation of photooxidant formation during the BERLIOZ episode Proceedings of the EUROTRAC symposium 2000 2001 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
12. C. Mensink, N. Lewyckyj, and L. Janssen A new concept for air quality modelling in street canyons Water, air and soil pollution: focus vol. 2 2002 (Kluwer Academic Publishers), pp. 339-349
13. C. Mensink, and N. Lewyckyj A simple model for the assessment of air quality in streets International Journal of Vehicle Design 27 1-4 2001 242 250
14. C. Mensink, I. De Vlieger, and J. Nys An urban transport emission model for the Antwerp area Atmospheric Environment 34 2000 4595 4602
15. C. Mensink, and G. Dumont Comparisons of model results with observations for acid depositions and acidifying air pollutants over Flanders H. Power T. Tirabassi C.A. Brebbia Air pollution. V, monitoring, simulation and control 1997 Computational Mechanics Publications Southampton 395 404
16. S. Vardoulakis, B.E.A. Fisher, K. Pericleous, and N. Gonzalez-Flesca Modelling air quality in street canyons: a review Atmospheric Environment 37 2003 155 182
17. VMM (Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij) Air quality in the Flemish region 1998, I. Textual part 1999 Flemish Environmental Agency Aalst (in Dutch), 178 pp.
18. VMM (Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij) Air quality in the Flemish region 1998, II. Appendices 1999 Flemish Environmental Agency Aalst (in Dutch), 118 pp.