Sensitivity of PBL schemes of the WRF-ARW model in simulating the boundary layer flow parameters for its application to air pollution dispersion modeling over a tropical station
Mesoscale atmospheric circulations play an important role in the transport of air pollution and local air quality issues. The planetary boundary layer (PBL), the thermo-dynamical structure and the flow field play an important role in air pollution dispersion. Hence, the PBL parameters over Nagpur, India are simulated using the ARW v. 3.6.1 mesoscale model. High-resolution simulations are conducted with triple nested domains having a horizontal resolution of 27, 9 and 3 km, as well as 27 vertical levels by using the 1 × 1º NCEP Final Analysis meteorological fields for initial and boundary conditions.