Published December 14, 2017
| Version Release version 1.0
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City-scale Chemistry Transport Model CityChem-EPISODE
Description
CityChem-EPISODE, developed at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) is designed for treating complex atmospheric chemistry in urban areas (Karl, 2017). The model is an extension of the EPISODE dispersion model to enable chemistry/transport simulations of reactive pollutants on city scale. EPISODE is an Eulerian dispersion model developed at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) appropriate for air quality studies at the local scale (Slørdal et al. 2003 &2008). The model is an open source code subject to the Reciprocal Public License ("RPL") Version 1.5, https://opensource.org/licenses/RPL-1.5.
Notes
Britt Ann Høisker (NILU) is thanked for permission to distribute the CityChem-EPISODE model under the RPL license.
This work was in part funded by the BONUS SHEBA project under the joint Baltic research and development programme, co-financed by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) and the national research funding institutions in the eight EU member states around the Baltic Sea.
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References
- Karl, M. (2017) Development of the city-scale chemistry transport model CityChem-EPISODE and its application to the city of Hamburg, manuscript for submission to Geosci. Model Dev.
- Slørdal, L.H., Walker, S.-E., and S. Solberg (2003) The Urban Air Dispersion Model EPISODE applied in AirQUIS. Technical Description. NILU TR 12/2003. ISBN 82-425-1522-0.
- Slørdal, L.H., McInnes, H., Krognes, T. (2008) The Air Quality Information System AirQUIS. Info. Techn. Environ. Eng., 1, 40-47, 2008.