Schnitzhofer, R. and Norman, M. and Wisthaler, A. and Vergeiner, J. and Harnisch, F. and Gohm, A. and Obleitner, F. and Fix, A. and Neininger, B. and Hansel, A. (2009) A multimethodological approach to study the spatial distribution of air pollution in an Alpine valley during wintertime. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, pp. 3385-3396. Copernicus Publications.
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Abstract
In order to investigate the spatial distribution of air pollutants in the Inn valley (Tyrol, Austria) during wintertime, a joint field campaign of the three research projects ALPNAP (Monitoring and Minimisation of Traffic-Induced Noise and Air Pollution Along Major Alpine Transport Routes), INNAP (Boundary Layer Structure in the Inn Valley during high Air Pollution) and INNOX (NOx-structure in the Inn Valley during High Air Pollution) was carried out in January/February 2006. In addition to continuous ground based measurements, vertical profiles of various air pollutants and meteorological parameters were obtained on six selected days. For in-situ investigations, a tethered balloon was used to analyse the lowest atmospheric layers, 0�500 m above the valley bottom (a.v.b.), and a research aircraft sampled at 150�2200 m a.v.b. An aircraft equipped with an aerosol backscatter lidar performed nadir measurements at 3000 m a.v.b. Combined results from a typical day show a strongly polluted layer up to about 125 m a.v.b. in the morning. Around midday concentrations on the valley floor decrease indicating some vertical air exchange despite thermally stable conditions. Strong vertical and horizontal gradients with enhanced pollution levels along the sunny side of the valley up to 1300 m a.v.b. were observed in the afternoon. This vertical mixing due to thermally or dynamically driven slope winds reduces the concentration of air pollutants at the bottom of the valley and causes the formation of elevated pollution layers.
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Title: | A multimethodological approach to study the spatial distribution of air pollution in an Alpine valley during wintertime | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 26 May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3385-3396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Copernicus Publications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Air pollution, aircraft measurements, balloon measurements | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Vorhaben LIDAR-Forschung und -Entwicklung (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Fix, Dr.rer.nat. Andreas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 15 Dec 2009 16:10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 02 May 2019 14:03 |
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