Title: Application of The Air Pollution Model (TAPM) to the urban airshed of Bangkok, Thailand

Authors: W. Jinsart, C. Sripraparkorn, S.T. Siems, P.J. Hurley, S. Thepanondh

Addresses: National Center of Excellence for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, Faculty of Science, General Science Department, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. ' International Postgraduate Programmes in Environmental Management, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. ' Centre for Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton campus, VIC. 3800, Australia. ' CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Private Bag No. 1, Aspendale VIC 3195, Australia. ' Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Phahonyothin Rd. Ladyao, Bangkok10900 Thailand

Abstract: Bangkok has been faced with air pollution problems as a result of increasing traffic emissions. The Air Pollution Model (TAPM) was employed to simulate carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations based on an emissions inventory data. The hourly CO concentrations from a year-long simulation have been evaluated against observations from six monitoring sites. The simulated concentrations were evaluated against the observations by various standard statistical indices. The model shows some skill in simulating the CO concentrations during winter season when a well-defined boundary layer exists over Bangkok. However, the simulations are degraded in summer, most likely owing to deep convection.

Keywords: TAPM; the air pollution model; roadside air pollution; CO; carbon monoxide; traffic emissions; Bangkok; Thailand; air quality; urban airshed; modelling; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.034227

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2010 Vol.42 No.1/2/3, pp.68 - 84

Published online: 30 Jul 2010 *

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