Air quality evaluation in Mariel Bay using CALPUFF model

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Air Pollution, Air Quality Modeling, CALMET/CALPUFF

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Roger David Ramírez-Plasencia
Instituto de Meteorología
Anel Hernández-Garces
Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría
Adrian Luis Ferrer-Hernández
Instituto de Meteorología

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Air quality modeling is an important tool to determine the maximum allowable emission rates that will meet air quality standards. This research uses a modeling system composed of a meteorological diagnostic model (CALMET), with an air quality dispersion model (CALPUFF), based on the diagnostic outputs of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. This research is aimed to evaluate air quality in Mariel Bay from point sources emissions, by using these models. It is verified the Cuban Air Quality Standard 1020:2014 for carbon monoxide (CO), nitrous oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and 10 µm particulate matter (PM10) from 5/18/2015 to 5/21/2015. The hourly peak concentrations of PM10 take place over the Mariel community with values of 206 µg/m3 during the day, caused by sea breeze. The hourly concentrations of SO2 exceed 3,9 times the standard, with hourly peak concentration between 800 to 900 µg/m3 during nights and early mornings due to land breeze. Comparison of real data and model-based prediction shows an overestimation of CALPUFF for PM10 due to the absence of meteorological data in the domain and the use of industrial emission values based on estimations.

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Ramírez-PlasenciaR. D., Hernández-GarcesA., & Ferrer-HernándezA. L. (1). Air quality evaluation in Mariel Bay using CALPUFF model. Revista Cubana De Meteorología, 28(1). Retrieved from http://rcm.insmet.cu/index.php/rcm/article/view/606
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