Evaluation and Improvement of a Dry Deposition Model using SO2 and O3 Measurements over a Mixed Forest

Abstract

A dry deposition model (RDM) for operational application has beenevaluated and modified in the present study. Field measurements of friction velocity and dry deposition velocity of SO2 andO3 over a mixed forest have been used to evaluate RDM. It was found that RDM predicts friction velocities very close to measurements and thus it can predict reasonable aerodynamic resistance. RDM overestimated O3 deposition during dry nighttime conditions and underestimated both O3 andSO2deposition for early morning hours. It could not predict the mean diurnal variation in deposition velocity for either O3 or SO2 deposition under wet surface conditions. Modifications have been made for O3 and SO2 dry deposition based on the comparison of results and based upon additional published data. Compared to an earlier version of RDM, the modified versionpredicts better results for O3 and SO2 dry deposition,especially under rain and dew conditions.