Title: Air pollution dispersion models validation dataset from complex terrain in Šoštanj

Authors: Primož Mlakar; Marija Zlata Božnar; Boštjan Grašič; Giuseppe Brusasca; Gianni Tinarelli; Maria Grazia Morselli; Sandro Finardi

Addresses: MEIS d.o.o., Mali Vrh pri Šmarju 78, SI-1293 Šmarje-Sap, Slovenia ' MEIS d.o.o., Mali Vrh pri Šmarju 78, SI-1293 Šmarje-Sap, Slovenia ' MEIS d.o.o., Mali Vrh pri Šmarju 78, SI-1293 Šmarje-Sap, Slovenia ' ARIANET, Srl Via Gilino n. 9, 20128 Milano, Italy ' ARIANET, Srl Via Gilino n. 9, 20128 Milano, Italy ' ARIANET, Srl Via Gilino n. 9, 20128 Milano, Italy ' ARIANET, Srl Via Gilino n. 9, 20128 Milano, Italy

Abstract: In 1991, three institutions from Slovenia and Italy performed a measuring campaign to collect data for the validation of air pollution dispersion models. The target was a local area around the Šoštanj Thermal Power Plant in north-east Slovenia. As one of the co-authors of the work we decided to renew the database and to produce the necessary up-to-date information that would allow other researchers to use this experimental database for modern models testing. The measurements data set describes in detail the following situation: Šoštanj Thermal Power Plant at that time did not have any desulphurisation plants, therefore the sulphur dioxide (SO₂) continuously emitted from its blocks was acting like a tracer in the environment. The area is characterised by very complex meteorological situations. In the paper we will present a description of the experiment (area description, site, terrain, measurement stations location, database) and two most interesting cases suitable for a model validation (emission, ambient concentrations, meteorology).

Keywords: air pollution; dispersion modelling; model validation; complex terrain; field datasets; air quality; Slovenia; thermal power plants; sulphur dioxide; SO2 emissions.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2015.074507

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2015 Vol.57 No.3/4, pp.227 - 237

Received: 06 Dec 2014
Accepted: 07 Oct 2015
Published online: 02 Feb 2016 *

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