Chapter 3.4 PREV'AIR: A platform for air quality monitoring and forecasting

  • C. Honoré
  • , L. Menut
  • , B. Bessagnet
  • , F. Meleux
  • , L. Rouïl
  • , R. Vautard
  • , N. Poisson
  • , V. H. Peuch

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Abstract

We present the operational air quality forecasting and monitoring system PREV'AIR and its evaluation. It became operational in 2003, as a result of a cooperative effort between several public organizations. The system is designed to forecast and analyze air quality throughout Europe, with a zoom over France. The ability of the PREV'AIR system to forecast the evolution of photochemical and particle pollution on the domains considered is demonstrated: for instance daily ozone maxima forecasts correlate with observations with 0.75-0.85 mean coefficients. The skill of PREV'AIR real-time ozone analyses is also evaluated: it is shown that these analyses provide an accurate and comprehensive description of surface ozone fields over France.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAir Pollution Modeling and Its Application XVIII
EditorsCarlos Borrego, Eberhard Renner
Pages293-300
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2007

Publication series

NameDevelopments in Environmental Science
Volume6
ISSN (Print)1474-8177

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