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The composition of air within a street canyon is determined by the composition of background air mixed in from above, advection of air into and out of the canyon, emissions from within the street, and the mixing and chemical processing of pollutants within the canyon. This paper describes a modelling study of street canyon atmospheric composition, integrating the combined effects of emissions, dynamics and chemistry. The research builds upon an existing dynamical model of canyon atmospheric motion (Large Eddy Simulation model) by adding a detailed chemical reaction scheme.
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The authors would like to thank Dr. Mike Jenkin and Professor Dudley Shallcross for the provision of the Common Representatives Intermediates mechanism version 2-R5. VB also thanks the University of Birmingham for award of a Ph.D. scholarship.
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Bright, V.B., Bloss, W.J., Cai, X. (2011). Street Canyon Atmospheric Composition: Coupling Dynamics and Chemistry. In: Steyn, D., Trini Castelli, S. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXI. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1359-8_11
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