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Keywords

  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
  • uncertainty analysis
  • runoff
  • washoff
  • nonpoint source loading

Index Terms

  • Biogeosciences: Contaminant and organic biogeochemistry
  • Mathematical Geophysics: Uncertainty quantification
  • Biogeosciences: Pollution: urban, regional and global
  • Computational Geophysics: Model verification and validation

Abstract

WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, VOL. 45, W01423, 10 PP., 2009
doi:10.1029/2008WR007004

Analytical modeling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon loading and transport via road runoff in an urban region of Beijing, China

Wei Zhang

MOE Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

Arturo A. Keller

Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Xuejun Wang

MOE Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

An analytical runoff water quality model is developed for simulating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) loading and transport via road runoff in an urban area. The model considers buildup and washoff processes of suspended solids in storm runoff and considers dissolved and particle-bound PAHs. Pollutant deposition and removal processes, which have typically been treated with a constant rate in previous models, are depicted as functions of relative humidity and wind speed to reflect the influence of meteorological conditions and are integrated into the pollutant buildup function. Pollutant input via rainwater and canopy throughfall from roadside trees is considered in the washoff model. The model is calibrated and verified with field data from an urban catchment in Beijing, China. The verification indicates that the runoff model is capable of providing results in good agreement with field measurements. A Monte Carlo framework is used to evaluate the uncertainty of PAH loading under various scenarios of atmospheric conditions.

Received 17 March 2008; accepted 21 November 2008; published 31 January 2009.

Citation: Zhang, W., A. A. Keller, and X. Wang (2009), Analytical modeling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon loading and transport via road runoff in an urban region of Beijing, China, Water Resour. Res., 45, W01423, doi:10.1029/2008WR007004.

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