Articles | Volume 16, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5069-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5069-2023
Development and technical paper
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05 Sep 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 05 Sep 2023

Passive-tracer modelling at super-resolution with Weather Research and Forecasting – Advanced Research WRF (WRF-ARW) to assess mass-balance schemes

Sepehr Fathi, Mark Gordon, and Yongsheng Chen

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We have combined various capabilities within a WRF model to generate simulations of atmospheric pollutant dispersion at 50 m resolution. The study objective was to resolve transport processes at the scale of measurements to assess and optimize aircraft-based emission rate retrievals. Model performance evaluation resulted in agreement within 5 % of observed meteorological and within 1–2 standard deviations of observed wind fields. Mass was conserved in the model within 5 % of input emissions.
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