Performance of TAPM against MM5 at urban scale during GÖTE2001 campaign

Model performances in meteorological conditions directly influence the effects of air pollution prediction in particular in urban area with complex surface characteristics including roughness length, building characteristics, thermal properties and anthropogenic heat flux. In this study, the performances of two widely used models in air quality community, The Air Pollution Model (TAPM) (Hurley, 2005) and the PSU/NCAR fifth-generation Mesoscale