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Description of the uEMEP_v5 downscaling approach for the EMEP MSC-W chemistry transport model
Bruce Rolstad Denby
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
Michael Gauss
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
Peter Wind
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
Department of Chemistry, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway,
9037 Tromsø, Norway
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
Eivind Grøtting Wærsted
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
Hilde Fagerli
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
Alvaro Valdebenito
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
Heiko Klein
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Henrik Mohns Plass 1, 0313,
Oslo, Norway
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Short summary
Air pollution is both a local and a global problem. Since measurements cannot be made everywhere, mathematical models are used to calculate air quality over cities or countries. Modelling over countries limits the level of detail of the models. For countries, the level of detail is only a few kilometres, so air quality at kerb sides is not properly represented. The uEMEP model is used together with the regional air quality model EMEP MSC-W to model details down to kerb side for all of Norway.
Air pollution is both a local and a global problem. Since measurements cannot be made...
