Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 39, Issue 30, Pages 5481-5489Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.05.046
Keywords
Mexico City; air pollution modeling; air quality; air flow in complex terrain
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Using a meteorological computational model it is shown how, in the Valley of Mexico, a high pressure system together with the complex orography of the region induce the formation of a local confluence line. With the aid of a prognostic air quality model it is shown that the maximum pollutant mixing ratios are placed on and follow the confluence line which crosses over the most populated areas of Mexico City. This phenomenon provides an explanation of why and when pollutants assume its geographical distribution in the valley during high mixing ratio episodes. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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