Verification of TAPM meteorological predictions using sodar data in the Kalgoorlie region

Air pollution models that can be used to predict pollution concentrations for periods of up to a year are generally semi-empirical/analytic approaches based on Gaussian plumes or puffs. As input, these models typically use either a simple surface-based meteorological observations file or winds from a diagnostic wind-field model. The latter is basically a sophisticated interpolation model making use of conservation principles and available observations. The Air Pollution Model (TAPM V2) developed by CSIRO (Hurley 2002), is different to these approaches, in that it solves the fundamental fluid dynamics and scalar transport equations to predict mesoscale meteAust. Met. Mag. 53 (2004) 29-37