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Higher Resolution Modeling of the PM10 Levels Over Istanbul for a Winter Episode

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Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII

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High winter-time PM10, sulfate, nitrate and ammonium levels in Istanbul were investigated using a high resolution WRF/CMAQ mesoscale model system. The results suggested that the system was capable of producing the magnitudes. PM10 levels calculated by the model underestimated the observations with an average of 10 % at Bogazici University sampling station, whereas an overestimation of 12 % is calculated for all stations. Base case results together with the sensitivity studies pointed significant contribution of local sources.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK, COST project no: 105Y005), and the EU funded CITYZEN project for making the aerosol samplings and the analysis possible.

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  1. Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71003, Heraklion, Greece

    Ulas Im, Christina Theodosi & Nikos Mihalopoulos

  2. Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Kostandinos Markakis, Anastasia Poupkou & Dimitros Melas

  3. Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey

    Alper Unal & Tayfun Kindap

  4. Department of Meteorology, Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey

    Selahattin Incecik

  5. Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, 34342, İstanbul, Turkey

    Orhan Yenigun

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Correspondence to Selahattin Incecik .

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  1. Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Douw G. Steyn

  2. TNO, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Peter J.H. Builtjes

  3. TNO, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Im, U. et al. (2014). Higher Resolution Modeling of the PM10 Levels Over Istanbul for a Winter Episode. In: Steyn, D., Builtjes, P., Timmermans, R. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5577-2_122

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