IMPACT OF SAHARAN DUST TO PM10 CONCENTRATIONS IN FARM A.Pederzoli1, M. Mircea1 1 ENEA, Centro Ricerche Bologna, Via Martiri Monte Sole, 4 – Italy- ENEA MEETING, 6th March 2010 Timetable fino a giugno 2010: MAIN STEPS: 1. AGGIUNTA DI SKIRON-DUST ALLE BCs di FARM 20x 20km2 2. RUN DI FARM CON LE NUOVE BCs (“dust case”) 3. CONFRONTO TRA “dust case” e “no dust case” a 20 x 20 km2 4. ESTRAPOLAZIONE SUL DOMINIO 4 X 4 km2 “CI0” (Centro Italia) delle nuove BCs -DUST 5. CONFRONTO TRA “dust case” e “no dust case” a 4 x 4 km2 6. CONFRONTO CON FARM 4x4 km2 (BCs= mappe climatologiche) su Roma (Gariazzo et al. (2007)) 1. ADDING SKIRON DUST TO FARM 20x 20km2 RESOLUTION BCs AEROSOL SPECIES IN FARM SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN SKIRON AITKEN ACCUMULATION COARSE ASO4 Sulphate mass X X ANH4 Ammonium mass X X ANO3 Nitrate mass X X AORGA Anthropogenic secondary organic mass X X AORGPA Primary organic mass X X AORGB Secondary biogenic organic mass X X AEC Elemental carbon mass X X A25 unspecified anthropogenic mass X X ACORS Unspecified anthropogenic mass X ASEAS Marine mass X ASOIL Soil-derived mass X AH2) Water mass X X X NUM Number of particles X X X SRF Surface area X X X PMC1 ASOIL PMC2 A25J CLASS NAME CATEG ORY RADIU S 1 PMC1 CLAY < 1 um 2 PMC2 SMALL SILT 1 um 10 um 3 PMC3 LARGE SILT 10 um 25 um 4 PMC4 SAND > 25 um Meteo analysis 27/07/2005 RAMS SKIRON 2. NUOVO RUN DI FARM CON LE NUOVE BCs (“dust case”) 25th -29th July 2005 CASO BASE “no dust” NUOVE BCs “dust” 5. NUOVO RUN DI FARM CON LE NUOVE BCs (“dust case”) 25th -29th July 2005 CASO BASE “no dust” NUOVE BCs “dust” C_ASOIL Monte Libretti 25-29 July 2005 1,8 NO Dust case 1,6 Dust case 1,4 c_ASOIL m ( g m-3) . 1,2 1 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 0 25/07/2005 26/07/2005 27/07/2005 days 28/07/2005 29/07/2005 Monte Libretti 25-29 July 2005 14 NO Dust case Dust case 12 c_PM10 m (g m-3) . 10 8 6 4 2 0 25/07/2005 26/07/2005 27/07/2005 days 28/07/2005 29/07/2005