In Summer 1993 a big field measurement campaign for the investigation of summer smog in Switzerland took part. The campaign was a part of the national POLLUMET (POLlution and METeorology) scientific program. Within this project a model study with MetPhoMod was carried out, which intended to improve the understanding of the episode and to derive air pollution reduction scenarios. The POLLUMET episode was also used as the main model evaluation test case (see Technical reference). The complete input-files for this case can be downloaded as an example!
In summer 1998 and 1999, the ASCOPARG carried out a comprehensive air photochemical pollution study over the city of Grenoble, which is located in a mountainous region, and its surroundings. This project also included numerical simulations with MetPhoMod over various meteorological situations producing photosmog. This part gave an important insight into the interactions of transport and photochemistry in this very complex terrain. The final goal of the project is to use Metphomod to calculate emission reduction scenarios.
In 1997 and 1998 the Swiss canton of Obwalden carried out a comprehensive air pollution study. This project also included numerical simulations with MetPhoMod, which gave an important insight into the interactions of transport and photochemistry in this very complex terrain.
The European PAUR project investigated the influence of the degradation of the stratospheric ozone layer onto the tropospheric summer smog. For this, MetPhoMod simulations for a summer smog episode in Athenes were carried out.