『Abstract
Air pollution associated with particulate matters is a serious
problem in the mineral products industrial area (MPIA) in Saraburi,
central Thailand. PM10 concentrations monitored at Nah Phra Laan
station located in the MPIA show that PM10
levels exhibit strong seasonal variations; the number of days
in 2005 that PM10 concentrations exceeded
the daily National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 120 μg/m3
were 58%, 29%, and 12% in the winter, rainy, and summer seasons,
respectively. In this paper, the Hybrid Particle And Concentration
Transport (HYPACT) model with meteorological fields from the Regional
Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) was applied to Saraburi to
investigate the impacts of meteorological parameters upon seasonal
variations in PM10 concentration. Analysis
of model results shows that daily average PM10
concentrations exceeding 200 μg/m3 are found in the
downwind direction of emission sources and their horizontal gradients
are strong. Hourly PM10 concentrations exhibit
obvious diurnal variation with maximum values in wintertime at
around 2000-2100 local standard time in association with low ventilation
with light wind speed and weak vertical mixing, while in the rainy
season, they are generally higher in the daytime than in the nighttime,
as that mixing height in cloudy days is low in daytime whereas
emission rates are high during working time.
Keywords: PM10; Dispersion model; Saraburi;
Mineral products industry』
1. Introduction
2. Model descriptions
2.1. The meteorological model
2.2. The dispersion model
3. Result and discussion
3.1 Model evaluation
3.1.1. Comparison of simulated winds and temperatures with observation
3.1.2. Comparison of simulated PM10 concentrations
with observation
3.2. Geographical distributions of PM10
concentrations
3.3. Diurnal variations
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References