Search Results - "Kurppa, Mona"
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Overview of the PALM model system 6.0
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (20-03-2020)“…In this paper, we describe the PALM model system 6.0. PALM (formerly an abbreviation for Parallelized Large-eddy Simulation Model and now an independent name)…”
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Ventilation and Air Quality in City Blocks Using Large-Eddy Simulation—Urban Planning Perspective
Published in Atmosphere (13-02-2018)“…Buildings and vegetation alter the wind and pollutant transport in urban environments. This comparative study investigates the role of orientation and shape of…”
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Technical note: Dispersion of cooking-generated aerosols from an urban street canyon
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (01-03-2022)“…The dispersion of cooking-generated aerosols from an urban street canyon is examined with building-resolving computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Using a…”
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Large-eddy simulation of the optimal street-tree layout for pedestrian-level aerosol particle concentrations – A case study from a city-boulevard
Published in Atmospheric Environment: X (01-04-2020)“…Street vegetation has been found to have both positive and negative impacts on pedestrian-level air quality, but the net effect has remained unclear. In this…”
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A 3D study on the amplification of regional haze and particle growth by local emissions
Published in NPJ climate and atmospheric science (18-01-2021)“…The role of new particle formation (NPF) events and their contribution to haze formation through subsequent growth in polluted megacities is still…”
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Anthropogenic and biogenic influence on VOC fluxes at an urban background site in Helsinki, Finland
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (01-07-2016)“…We measured volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) at an urban background site near the city centre of Helsinki,…”
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Added Value of Vaisala AQT530 Sensors as a Part of a Sensor Network for Comprehensive Air Quality Monitoring
Published in Frontiers in environmental science (16-07-2021)“…Poor air quality influences the quality of life in the urban environment. The regulatory observation stations provide the backbone for the city administration…”
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Determinants of spatial variability of air pollutant concentrations in a street canyon network measured using a mobile laboratory and a drone
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-01-2023)“…Urban air pollutant concentrations are highly variable both in space and time. In order to understand these variabilities high-resolution measurements of air…”
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An operational urban air quality model ENFUSER, based on dispersion modelling and data assimilation
Published in Environmental modelling & software : with environment data news (01-10-2022)“…An operational urban air quality modelling system ENFUSER is presented with an evaluation against measured data. ENFUSER combines several dispersion modelling…”
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Effect of radiation interaction and aerosol processes on ventilation and aerosol concentrations in a real urban neighbourhood in Helsinki
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (24-08-2023)“…Large-eddy simulation (LES) is an optimal tool to examine aerosol particle concentrations in detail within urban neighbourhoods. The concentrations are a…”
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The Synergistic Role of Sulfuric Acid, Bases, and Oxidized Organics Governing New‐Particle Formation in Beijing
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-04-2021)“…Intense and frequent new particle formation (NPF) events have been observed in polluted urban environments, yet the dominant mechanisms are still under debate…”
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Boundary-layer height and surface stability at Hyytiälä, Finland, in ERA5 and observations
Published in Atmospheric measurement techniques (18-05-2022)“…We investigate the boundary-layer (BL) height at Hyytiälä in southern Finland diagnosed from radiosonde observations, a microwave radiometer (MWR) and ERA5…”
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The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on atmospheric new particle formation in Beijing
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (19-09-2022)“…During the COVID-19 lockdown, the dramatic reduction of anthropogenic emissions provided a unique opportunity to investigate the effects of reduced…”
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Development of an atmospheric chemistry model coupled to the PALM model system 6.0: implementation and first applications
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (01-03-2021)“…In this article we describe the implementation of an online-coupled gas-phase chemistry model in the turbulence-resolving PALM model system 6.0 (formerly an…”
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Implementation of the sectional aerosol module SALSA2.0 into the PALM model system 6.0: model development and first evaluation
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (11-04-2019)“…Urban pedestrian-level air quality is a result of an interplay between turbulent dispersion conditions, background concentrations, and heterogeneous local…”
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Measurement report: A multi-year study on the impacts of Chinese New Year celebrations on air quality in Beijing, China
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (31-08-2022)“…This study investigates the influence of the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations on local air quality in Beijing from 2013 through 2019. CNY celebrations…”
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Sensitivity of spatial aerosol particle distributions to the boundary conditions in the PALM model system 6.0
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (18-11-2020)“…High-resolution modelling is needed to understand urban air quality and pollutant dispersion in detail. Recently, the PALM model system 6.0, which is based on…”
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Machine-learning models to replicate large-eddy simulations of air pollutant concentrations along boulevard-type streets
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (02-12-2021)“…Running large-eddy simulations (LESs) can be burdensome and computationally too expensive from the application point of view, for example, to support urban…”
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Description and evaluation of the community aerosol dynamics model MAFOR v2.0
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (16-05-2022)“…Numerical models are needed for evaluating aerosol processes in the atmosphere in state-of-the-art chemical transport models, urban-scale dispersion models,…”
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Sensitivity analysis of the PALM model system 6.0 in the urban environment
Published in Geoscientific Model Development (20-07-2021)“…Sensitivity of the PALM model 6.0 with respect to land-surface and building properties is tested in a real urban environment in the vicinity of a typical…”
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