Models Lagrangian Photochemical

The second model evaluated was the Lagrangian Photochemical Model LPM (54), a trajectory model. Backward trajectories were first determined so that starting positions could be used which would allow trajectories to reach station locations at the times of measurement. Measured concentrations ranged from 0.20 to 0.26 ppm and estimated concentrations from 0.05 to 0.53 ppm. 

Another Lagrangian photochemical model was developed by Wayne et al. This photochemical model uses a moving ceir or air mass that follows an air trajectory either from a specified source or to a specified receptor. The emission input from the ground-based sources is ex-... 

Sensitivity Studies on 1969 Trajectories with the Expanded Model. Based on the semi-Lagrangian formulation of the photochemical/diffusion model, the computed endpoint composition of the air masses depends on initial conditions, flux from the ground along the trajectories, and reaction rates. For our tests we concentrate on El Monte data because much of the polluted air there comes from somewhere else. This is believed to be a more severe test of the model than that at Huntington Park. The initial conditions are based on measurements insofar as possible. The principal initial values for the 1030 trajectory are as follows for 0730 PST (given in parts per hundred million) ... 

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