Application of a one-dimensional planetary boundary layer model to the regional transport of pollutants - a case study

Shafiqur Rehman; Tahir Husain; Talal Omar Halawani

doi:10.1016/0169-8095(90)90036-C

Application of a one-dimensional planetary boundary layer model to the regional transport of pollutants - a case study

Shafiqur Rehman^*
, Tahir Husain
, Talal Omar Halawani

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this paper, a one-dimensional (1-D) Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) model is presented to predict wind and potential temperature profiles as a function of time using radiosonde data as initial input and the surface meteorological data as the forcing. The potential temperature profile is actually used to calculate the mixing height required in the trajectory model. The predicted temperature and wind profiles are then used as input to the Regional Scale Pollutant Trajectory model to study the path of the plume trajectory originating from a refinery located in Ras Tanura on the Arabian Gulf Coast.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	521-538
Number of pages	18
Journal	Atmospheric Research
Volume	25
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-8095(90)90036-C
State	Published - Nov 1990

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