Published November 19, 2020 | Version 10.1
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EPISODE Urban Air Quality Model

Description

EPISODE is a Eulerian grid model with embedded subgrid scale dispersion models for calculating pollutant concentrations at high resolution in urban areas. EPISODE can simulate the dispersion of pollutants from area, line, and point sources down to resolutions of tens of meters in the urban environment. 

Notes

Version 10.1 now includes particulate matter size binning, size bin specification of density and size, 3D precipitation reconstruction, and wet scavenging (in-cloud and below-cloud).

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References

  • Hamer, P.D., Walker S.E., Sousa-Santos G., Vogt M., Vo-Thanh, D., Lopez-Aparicio S., Ramacher M.O.P., Weydahl T., Karl M. (2019) The urban dispersion model EPISODE. Part 1: A Eulerian and sub- grid-scale air quality model and its application in Nordic winter conditions, Geoscientific Model Development, In Submission
  • Gronskei, K.E., Walker, S.E., Gram, F. (1993) Evaluation of a model for hourly spatial concentrations distributions. Atmos. Environ., 27B, 105-120
  • Larssen, S., Gronskei, K.E., Gram, F., Hagen, L.O., Walker, S.E. (1994) Verification of urban scale time-dependent dispersion model with sub-grid elements in Oslo, Norway. In: Air poll. modelling and its appl. X. New York, Plenum Press.
  • Slordal, L.H., McInnes, H., Krognes, T. (2008): The Air Quality Information System AirQUIS. Info. Techn. Environ. Eng., 1, 40-47, 2008
  • Slordal, L.H., Walker, S.-E., Solberg, S. (2003) The Urban Air Dispersion Model EPISODE applied in AirQUIS. Technical Description. NILU TR 12/2003. ISBN 82-425-1522-0
  • Walker, S.E., Gronskei, K.E. (1992) Spredningsberegninger for on-line overvaking i Grenland. Programbeskrivelse og brukerveiledning. Lillestrom, Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU OR 55/92)
  • Walker, S.E., Slordal, L.H., Guerreiro, C., Gram, F., Gronskei, K.E. (1999) Air pollution exposure monitoring and estimation. Part II. Model evaluation and population exposure. J. Environ. Monit, 1, 321-326
  • Walker, S.-E., Solberg, S., Denby, B. (2003) Development and implementation of a simplified EMEP photochemistry scheme for urban areas in EPISODE. NILU TR 13/2013. ISBN 82-425-1524-7