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An operational prototype of the Integrated Bulgarian Chemical Weather Forecasting and Information System is presented. This version of the system is limited to relatively low resolution (10 km) but covers all Bulgaria. It is based on the US EPA Models-3 System (MM5, SMOKE and CMAQ). The meteorological input to the system is the Bulgarian operational numerical weather forecast. The boundary conditions are taken from analogous Greek system (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). Bulgarian system runs automatically twice a day (00 and 12 UTC) and produces 48-hour forecast. The part of the results of each System's run is post-processed in a way to be visualized and uploaded to a respective web site. In the paper, description of the System is given together with a demonstration of its products. In addition highlights of Systems upgrade will be given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work aims at studying the local to regional atmospheric pollution transport and transformation processes over the Balkan Peninsula and at tracking and characterizing the main pathways and processes that lead to atmospheric composition formation in the region. The US EPA Models-3 system is chosen as a modelling tool. As the NCEP Global Analysis Data with 1 degree resolution is used as meteorological background, the MM5 and CMAQ nesting capabilities are applied for downscaling the simulations to a 9 km resolution over Balkans and 3 km over Bulgaria. The TNO emission inventory is used as emission input. Special pre-processing procedures are created for introducing temporal profiles and speciation of the emissions. The study is based on a large number of numerical simulations carried out for the summer period for two emission scenarios-with all the emissions and with biogenic emissions excluded. Some results from both emission scenarios which make it possible to evaluate the contribution of biogenic emissions in many different terms-spatial pattern, averaged over Bulgaria, typical and extreme impacts are demonstrated in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]