The present paper describes the operational air quality forecasting web-based system currently under development by the Environmental Research Laboratory of NCSR “Demokritos”. The system integrates three major computational modules and it... more
The present paper describes the operational air quality forecasting web-based system currently under development by the Environmental Research Laboratory of NCSR “Demokritos”. The system integrates three major computational modules and it is configured to apply on the Greater Athens Area, producing meteorological and air quality predictions on a high spatial resolution (1 x 1 km 2 ) and for a 72-hours time horizon with 1 hour time step in advance. A case study, as an example of the forecasting ability of the developed system, is provided for February 17 and April 8, 2008. The first date was chosen as it was an extremely cold day for the area with extensive snowfall and varying emission sources. The second date was selected randomly as a business as usual scenario.
