Validation of CALPUFF Applicability within Urban Area

Abstract

An atmospheric tracer dispersion study known as Urban Meteorological and Tracer Experiment was carried out in Yuzhong County, Gansu province in northwest of China, during October of 2011. By using the observational data, the applicability of CALPUFF model based on Gaussian formula was verified within urban area. The results show that (i) CALPUFF model can reasonably reflect the actual observations on the whole, and the high value centers of tracer concentration was changed with wind direction over the urban canopy layer. (ii) The simulated plume central axis has a bias of 10-15° with observations, and the simulation error is very much big at the single point, especially at the ground.