TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative Analysis of AERMOD-Predicted Pollutant Concentrations by Input Source Type in Atlanta, GA
AU - Lu, Hongyu
AU - Liu, Haobing
AU - Kim, Daejin
AU - Xia, Tian
AU - Dai, Ziyi
AU - Reichard, William
AU - Zhao, Yingping
AU - Guin, Angshuman
AU - Rodgers, Michael O.
AU - Guensler, Randall
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© National Academy of Sciences.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - This research investigates the differences in AERMOD-predicted pollutant concentrations across input source types (AREAPOLY, VOLUME, LINE, RLINE, and RLINEXT without barriers). AERMOD (version 19191) microscale dispersion modeling is performed for the Atlanta I-75/I-575 Northwest Corridor (NWC) subarea in the U.S., including freeway corridors, managed lanes, connecting arterials, and intersections serving the NWC system. Modeling is performed for all link-receptor pairs, for each hour of the year, using the approved AERMET meteorological files (24 h 3 365 days in 2019) from Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), and emissions rates are estimated using MOVES-Matrix, based on predicted speed and volume by hour (output from ARC’s ABM2020 travel demand model). The AERMOD comparative analyses are performed for the same receptor sets, link-level volumes and speeds, and fleet compositions, across the five source types to generate comparative model results by input source type for the subarea. Results indicate concentrations from RLINEXT and RLINE were similar, with differences smaller than 0.05%, and their results were significantly higher than other source types. The results from AREAPOLY were similar to those from LINE (both smaller than RLINE and RLINEXT results). It is indicated that the results from VOLUME are systematically different from AREAPOLY and LINE for both downwind (much lower than AREAPOLY and LINE) and upwind (much higher than AREAPOLY and LINE) of the sources, and the sensitivity analysis indicates these predictions occur when wind speeds are low (less than approximately 2.5 m/s), which is because the enhanced wind meander approach employed with VOLUME is different from other source types.
AB - This research investigates the differences in AERMOD-predicted pollutant concentrations across input source types (AREAPOLY, VOLUME, LINE, RLINE, and RLINEXT without barriers). AERMOD (version 19191) microscale dispersion modeling is performed for the Atlanta I-75/I-575 Northwest Corridor (NWC) subarea in the U.S., including freeway corridors, managed lanes, connecting arterials, and intersections serving the NWC system. Modeling is performed for all link-receptor pairs, for each hour of the year, using the approved AERMET meteorological files (24 h 3 365 days in 2019) from Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), and emissions rates are estimated using MOVES-Matrix, based on predicted speed and volume by hour (output from ARC’s ABM2020 travel demand model). The AERMOD comparative analyses are performed for the same receptor sets, link-level volumes and speeds, and fleet compositions, across the five source types to generate comparative model results by input source type for the subarea. Results indicate concentrations from RLINEXT and RLINE were similar, with differences smaller than 0.05%, and their results were significantly higher than other source types. The results from AREAPOLY were similar to those from LINE (both smaller than RLINE and RLINEXT results). It is indicated that the results from VOLUME are systematically different from AREAPOLY and LINE for both downwind (much lower than AREAPOLY and LINE) and upwind (much higher than AREAPOLY and LINE) of the sources, and the sensitivity analysis indicates these predictions occur when wind speeds are low (less than approximately 2.5 m/s), which is because the enhanced wind meander approach employed with VOLUME is different from other source types.
KW - air quality and greenhouse gas mitigation
KW - air quality modeling
KW - emissions and air quality management
KW - sustainability and resilience
KW - transportation and sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85153343297&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/03611981221123806
DO - 10.1177/03611981221123806
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85153343297
SN - 0361-1981
VL - 2677
SP - 1321
EP - 1339
JO - Transportation Research Record
JF - Transportation Research Record
IS - 3
ER -