Air quality in the Kathmandu Valley: WRF and WRF-Chem simulations of meteorology and black carbon concentrations in Nepal
Andrea Mues
1, Axel Lauer
2, Aurelia Lupascu
1, Maheswar Rupakheti
1, Friderike Kuik
1, and Mark G. Lawrence
11Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, 14467, Germany
2Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany Correspondence to:A. Mues (Andrea.Mues@iass-potsdam.de) and A.Lauer (Axel.Lauer@dlr.de)
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station 6480
Observation WRF_ref_D02
Wind speed [m s−1]
Frequency
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0 100 200 300 400 500 600
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
station 6120
Observation WRF_ref_D02
Wind speed [m s−1]
Frequency
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0 200 400 600 800
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
station 1015
Observation WRF_ref_D02
Wind speed [m s−1]
Frequency
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0 50 100 150 200 250 300
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
station 0017
Observation WRF_ref_D02
Wind speed [m s−1]
Frequency
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0 100 200 300 400 500
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
station 0014
Observation WRF_ref_D02
Wind speed [m s−1]
Frequency
d
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
0 5 10 15
Figure S1.Histograms of wind speed at different stations for the time period January to June 2013.
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Observation WRF_ref_D02
2013
Mixing layer height [m]
Figure S2.Time series of the mixing layer height [m] for the time period 1 to 9 May 2013.
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