Title: Contribution of biogenic emissions to the atmospheric composition of the Balkan Region and Bulgaria

Authors: Georgi Gadzhev; Kostadin Ganev; Dimiter Syrakov; Nikolay Miloshev; Maria Prodanova

Addresses: National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Boncev str. bl. 3, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria ' National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Boncev str. bl. 3, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria ' National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 66 Tzarigradsko Chausee, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria ' National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Boncev str. bl. 3, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria ' National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 66 Tzarigradsko Chausee, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria

Abstract: The present work aims at studying the local to regional atmospheric pollution transport and transformation processes over the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria. The US EPA models-3 system is chosen as a modelling tool. As the NCEP global analysis data with one degree resolution is used as meteorological background, the models nesting capabilities are applied for downscaling the simulations to a 9 km resolution over Balkans and 3 km over Bulgaria. The TNO emission inventory is used as emission input. Special pre-processing procedures are created for introducing temporal profiles and speciation of the emissions. The study is based on a large number of numerical simulations carried out for two emission scenarios - with all the emissions and with biogenic emissions excluded. Some results from both emission scenarios which make it possible to evaluate the contribution of biogenic emissions are demonstrated in the paper.

Keywords: atmospheric dispersion modelling; air quality; air pollution; Bulgaria; US EPA models-3 system; multi-scale modelling; biogenic emissions; emission scenarios; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2012.051187

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2012 Vol.50 No.1/2/3/4, pp.130 - 139

Published online: 19 Nov 2014 *

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