The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of configuration parameters of the CALMET model on the simulation of atmospheric circulation over the surface at Air basins I and III on the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro (RMRJ). The study was conducted in a period when the RMRJ was under a high-pressure acting system, which not strongly influenced the local circulation over the region. The joint analysis of all results show that the best configuration for wind field simulations at the RMRJ, with the combined MM5/CALMET modeling is obtained using the value of 10 km for the TERRAD parameter and between 7 and 10 km for the influence radius.
Diagnostic Model; CALMET; local circulation; mesoescale model; prognostic model; MM5; air quality
