Publication: Prediction of ambient nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the vicinity of industrial complex area, Thailand
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2017-01-01
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11786221
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Air, Soil and Water Research. Vol.10, (2017)
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Supitchaya Tunlathorntham, Sarawut Thepanondh Prediction of ambient nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the vicinity of industrial complex area, Thailand. Air, Soil and Water Research. Vol.10, (2017). doi:10.1177/1178622117700906 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/42702
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Prediction of ambient nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the vicinity of industrial complex area, Thailand
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© The Author(s) 2017. The AERMOD dispersion model was evaluated for its performance in predicting 1-hour average nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in the vicinity of the largest petrochemical industrial complex in Thailand during the period between January 2012 and December 2013. Measured data from 10 ambient air monitoring stations were intensively used to compare with modeled results. Model results indicated that the tier 1 approach (full conversion of NOx to NO2) provided the most accurate results compared with other tiers. It also performed very well in predicting the extreme end of NO2concentrations. With an absence of emission data from mobile sources, tier 1 was concluded as the most appropriate scheme for prediction of ambient NO2ground-level concentrations in this study.