The urban dispersion model EPISODE v10.0 – Part 1: An Eulerian and sub-grid-scale air quality model and its application in Nordic winter conditions

Hamer, Paul D.; Walker, Sam-Erik; Sousa-Santos, Gabriela; Vogt, Matthias; Vo-Thanh, Dam; Lopez-Aparicio, Susana; Schneider, Philipp; Ramacher, Martin O. P.; Karl, Matthias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4323-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4323-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4323-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Model description paper

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17 Sep 2020

Model description paper |

| 17 Sep 2020

The urban dispersion model EPISODE v10.0 – Part 1: An Eulerian and sub-grid-scale air quality model and its application in Nordic winter conditions

Paul D. Hamer, Sam-Erik Walker, Gabriela Sousa-Santos, Matthias Vogt, Dam Vo-Thanh, Susana Lopez-Aparicio, Philipp Schneider, Martin O. P. Ramacher, and Matthias Karl

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4323-2020-supplement

Model code and software

EPISODE Urban Air Quality Model Leif Håvard Slørdal, Sam-Erik Walker, Paul Hamer, Gabriela Sousa Santos, Torleif Weydahl, and Matthias Karl https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3244056

Short summary

EPISODE is an air quality model designed to give information on air pollution in cities down to distances measured in metres from the roadside and other pollution sources. We demonstrate that EPISODE can adequately describe nitrogen dioxide air pollution in a case study in six Norwegian cities. From this, we conclude that EPISODE can be used to provide air quality information to public bodies and society in order to help in the understanding and management of air pollution in urban environments.