A Comparative Evaluation of a Mesoscale Model and Atmospheric Global Circulation Model for Air Quality Simulation: A Multiscale, Multisite Evaluation

Table 4

(a) Coefficients for different sources and sinks (static) for ITO (Delhi), Sirifort (Delhi), Bandra (Mumbai), and Karve Road (Pune). (b) Coefficients for different sources and sinks (dynamic) for ITO (Delhi), Sirifort (Delhi), Bandra (Mumbai) and Karve Road (Pune).

(a)  

locations	Cases	Coefficient of
		Vehicular source		fossil fuel		Domestic sources
		NCEP	AGCM and MM5	NCEP	AGCM and MM5	NCEP	AGCM and MM5
ITO and Sirifort (Delhi)	RSPM	0.14	0.11	22	22	0.12	0.10
	SO2	0.03	0.03	30	34	2	1.6
	NO2	0.08	0.09	25	25	1.8	1.5
Bandra (Mumbai)	RSPM	0.12	0.09	12	10	5	4
	SO2	0.01	0.02	10	7	5	3
	NO2	0.03	0.05	8	8	4	3
Karve Road (Pune)	RSPM	0.09	0.09	10	10	2	2
	SO2	0.01	0.03	7	5	3	2
	NO2	0.07	0.07	7	7	3	2

(b)  

locations	Cases	Coefficients for different sources and sinks
		Wind dust		Rain		Dew		u-wind		v-wind
		NCEP	AGCM and MM5	NCEP	AGCM and MM5	NCEP	AGCM and MM5	NCEP	AGCM and MM5	NCEP	AGCM and MM5
ITO and Sirifort (Delhi)	RSPM	0.12	0.10	0.6	0.5	—	—	1.5	1.2	2.0	1.5
	SO2	—	—	1.4	1.6	15	18	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.06
	NO2	—	—	0.6	0.8	18	18	0.009	0.01	0.008	0.008
Bandra (Mumbai)	RSPM	0.15	0.14	0.9	0.8	—	—	1.8	1.6	2.2	1.9
	SO2	—	—	0.9	0.7	8	9	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.04
	NO2	—	—	0.9	0.8	12	13	0.005	0.003	0.004	0.006
Karve Road (Pune)	RSPM	0.12	0.14	0.8	0.9	—	—	2.0	2.2	1.8	2.2
	SO2	—	—	0.9	0.9	9	11	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02
	NO2	—	—	0.9	0.8	10	11	0.004	0.003	0.002	0.002