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<strong>PM2.5</strong> <strong>in</strong> the UK<br />

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trajectory model. The ADMS algorithms <strong>in</strong>clude allowance for the impacts of<br />

plume rise, street canyons and traffic-produced turbulence; they also <strong>in</strong>clude a<br />

simplified chemistry scheme which <strong>in</strong>cludes generation of sulphate and nitrate<br />

<strong>particulate</strong>s.<br />

67. The follow<strong>in</strong>g data are taken from the results of ADMS-Urban calculations for<br />

<strong>PM2.5</strong> undertaken as part of the model <strong>in</strong>ter-comparison study (Carslaw et al.,<br />

2011) for London for 2008. This study also considered other pollutant species<br />

(PM10, NOx, NO2 and ozone) and the results of a number of other models. In this<br />

example, emissions data were either used directly from the London Atmospheric<br />

Emission Inventory for 2008 (LAEI, 2008) <strong>in</strong> the case of roads, or derived from<br />

PM10 us<strong>in</strong>g factors relat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>PM2.5</strong> to PM10 emissions (AQEG, 2005) (for emissions<br />

from agriculture, airports, the combustion of domestic coal, domestic gas,<br />

domestic oil, <strong>in</strong>dustrial coal and <strong>in</strong>dustrial gas, natural sources, shipp<strong>in</strong>g and the<br />

use of solvents).<br />

68. In this study the background concentrations of <strong>PM2.5</strong> were accounted for us<strong>in</strong>g<br />

monitored data for the year 2008 from the sites at Rochester and Harwell<br />

depend<strong>in</strong>g on the w<strong>in</strong>d direction. The Heathrow site was used to provide hourly<br />

sequential meteorological data for <strong>in</strong>put <strong>in</strong>to the model.<br />

Calculated annual average (µg/m 3 )<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

<strong>PM2.5</strong> annual average scatter plot<br />

0<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25<br />

Monitored annual average (µg/m 3 )<br />

Background<br />

Roadside<br />

Roadside AURN<br />

Background AURN<br />

Figure A2.10.1: Scatter plot of calculated and monitored annual average<br />

concentrations of <strong>PM2.5</strong> for 2008.<br />

69. A comparison of modelled and monitored annual average <strong>PM2.5</strong> concentrations<br />

is shown <strong>in</strong> Figure A2.10.1. The comparison shows reasonable agreement<br />

between modelled and measured data, but an overall tendency for some<br />

underprediction of the higher monitored values. Note here that the annual<br />

average background concentration is 9.4 µg m -3 .

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