Atmospheric dispersion modeling

Short description: Mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere

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Atmospheric dispersion modeling is the mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere. It is performed with computer programs that include algorithms to solve the mathematical equations that govern the pollutant dispersion. The dispersion models are used to estimate the downwind ambient concentration of air pollutants or toxins emitted from sources such as industrial plants, vehicular traffic or accidental chemical releases. They can also be used to predict future concentrations under specific scenarios (i.e. changes in emission sources). Therefore, they are the dominant type of model used in air quality policy making. They are most useful for pollutants that are dispersed over large distances and that may react in the atmosphere. For pollutants that have a very high spatio-temporal variability (i.e. have very steep distance to source decay such as black carbon) and for epidemiological studies statistical land-use regression models are also used.

Dispersion models are important to governmental agencies tasked with protecting and managing the ambient air quality. The models are typically employed to determine whether existing or proposed new industrial facilities are or will be in compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in the United States and other nations. The models also serve to assist in the design of effective control strategies to reduce emissions of harmful air pollutants. During the late 1960s, the Air Pollution Control Office of the U.S. EPA initiated research projects that would lead to the development of models for the use by urban and transportation planners.[1] A major and significant application of a roadway dispersion model that resulted from such research was applied to the Spadina Expressway of Canada in 1971.

Air dispersion models are also used by public safety responders and emergency management personnel for emergency planning of accidental chemical releases. Models are used to determine the consequences of accidental releases of hazardous or toxic materials, Accidental releases may result in fires, spills or explosions that involve hazardous materials, such as chemicals or radionuclides. The results of dispersion modeling, using worst case accidental release source terms and meteorological conditions, can provide an estimate of location impacted areas, ambient concentrations, and be used to determine protective actions appropriate in the event a release occurs. Appropriate protective actions may include evacuation or shelter in place for persons in the downwind direction. At industrial facilities, this type of consequence assessment or emergency planning is required under the U.S. Clean Air Act (CAA) codified in Part 68 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The dispersion models vary depending on the mathematics used to develop the model, but all require the input of data that may include:

* Meteorological conditions such as wind speed and direction, the amount of atmospheric turbulence (as characterized by what is called the "stability class"), the ambient air temperature, the height to the bottom of any inversion aloft that may be present, cloud cover and solar radiation.
* Source term (the concentration or quantity of toxins in emission or accidental release source terms) and temperature of the material
* Emissions or release parameters such as source location and height, type of source (i.e., fire, pool or vent stack) and exit velocity, exit temperature and mass flow rate or release rate.
* Terrain elevations at the source location and at the receptor location(s), such as nearby homes, schools, businesses and hospitals.
* The location, height and width of any obstructions (such as buildings or other structures) in the path of the emitted gaseous plume, surface roughness or the use of a more generic parameter "rural" or "city" terrain.

Many of the modern, advanced dispersion modeling programs include a pre-processor module for the input of meteorological and other data, and many also include a post-processor module for graphing the output data and/or plotting the area impacted by the air pollutants on maps. The plots of areas impacted may also include isopleths showing areas of minimal to high concentrations that define areas of the highest health risk. The isopleths plots are useful in determining protective actions for the public and responders.

The atmospheric dispersion models are also known as atmospheric diffusion models, air dispersion models, air quality models, and air pollution dispersion models.

## Contents

* 1 Atmospheric layers
* 2 Gaussian air pollutant dispersion equation
* 3 Briggs plume rise equations
* 4 See also
* 4.1 Atmospheric dispersion models
* 4.2 Organizations
* 4.3 Others
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading
* 6.1 Books
* 6.2 Proceedings
* 6.3 Guidance
* 7 External links

## Atmospheric layers

Discussion of the layers in the Earth's atmosphere is needed to understand where airborne pollutants disperse in the atmosphere. The layer closest to the Earth's surface is known as the troposphere. It extends from sea-level to a height of about 18 km (11 mi) and contains about 80 percent of the mass of the overall atmosphere. The stratosphere is the next layer and extends from 18 km (11 mi) to about 50 km (31 mi). The third layer is the mesosphere which extends from 50 km (31 mi) to about 80 km (50 mi). There are other layers above 80 km, but they are insignificant with respect to atmospheric dispersion modeling.

The lowest part of the troposphere is called the planetary boundary layer (PBL), or sometimes the atmospheric boundary layer. The air temperature of the PBL decreases with increasing altitude until it reaches a capping inversion, which is a type of inversion layer where warmer air sits higher in the atmosphere than cooler air. We call the region of the PBL below its capping inversion the convective planetary boundary layer; it is typically 1.5 to 2 km (0.93 to 1.24 mi) in height. The upper part of the troposphere (i.e., above the inversion layer) is called the free troposphere and it extends up to the tropopause (the boundary in the Earth's atmosphere between the troposphere and the stratosphere). In tropical and mid-latitudes during daytime, the free convective layer can comprise the entire troposphere, which is up to 10 to 18 km (6.2 to 11.2 mi) in the Intertropical Convergence Zone.

The PBL is important with respect to the transport and dispersion of airborne pollutants because the turbulent dynamics of wind are strongest at Earth's surface. The part of the PBL between the Earth's surface and the bottom of the inversion layer is known as the mixing layer. Almost all of the airborne pollutants emitted into the ambient atmosphere are transported and dispersed within the mixing layer. Some of the emissions penetrate the inversion layer and enter the free troposphere above the PBL.

In summary, the layers of the Earth's atmosphere from the surface of the ground upwards are: the PBL made up of the mixing layer capped by the inversion layer; the free troposphere; the stratosphere; the mesosphere and others. Many atmospheric dispersion models are referred to as boundary layer models because they mainly model air pollutant dispersion within the ABL. To avoid confusion, models referred to as mesoscale models have dispersion modeling capabilities that extend horizontally up to a few hundred kilometres. It does not mean that they model dispersion in the mesosphere.

## Gaussian air pollutant dispersion equation

The technical literature on air pollution dispersion is quite extensive and dates back to the 1930s and earlier. One of the early air pollutant plume dispersion equations was derived by Bosanquet and Pearson.[2] Their equation did not assume Gaussian distribution nor did it include the effect of ground reflection of the pollutant plume.

Sir Graham Sutton derived an air pollutant plume dispersion equation in 1947[3] which did include the assumption of Gaussian distribution for the vertical and crosswind dispersion of the plume and also included the effect of ground reflection of the plume.

Under the stimulus provided by the advent of stringent environmental control regulations, there was an immense growth in the use of air pollutant plume dispersion calculations between the late 1960s and today. A great many computer programs for calculating the dispersion of air pollutant emissions were developed during that period of time and they were called "air dispersion models". The basis for most of those models was the Complete Equation For Gaussian Dispersion Modeling Of Continuous, Buoyant Air Pollution Plumes shown below:[4][5]

C=Qu⋅fσy2π⋅g1+g2+g3σz2π

where:  |

|

f | = crosswind dispersion parameter
| = exp⁡[−y2/(2σy2)]
g | = vertical dispersion parameter = g1+g2+g3
g1 | = vertical dispersion with no reflections
| = exp⁡[−(z−H)2/(2σz2)]
g2 | = vertical dispersion for reflection from the ground
| = exp⁡[−(z+H)2/(2σz2)]
g3 | = vertical dispersion for reflection from an inversion aloft
| = ∑m=1∞{exp⁡[−(z−H−2mL)2/(2σz2)]
|  +exp⁡[−(z+H+2mL)2/(2σz2)]
|  +exp⁡[−(z+H−2mL)2/(2σz2)]
|  +exp⁡[−(z−H+2mL)2/(2σz2)]}
C | = concentration of emissions, in g/m3, at any receptor located:
|  x meters downwind from the emission source point
|  y meters crosswind from the emission plume centerline
|  z meters above ground level
Q | = source pollutant emission rate, in g/s
u | = horizontal wind velocity along the plume centerline, m/s
H | = height of emission plume centerline above ground level, in m
σz | = vertical standard deviation of the emission distribution, in m
σy | = horizontal standard deviation of the emission distribution, in m
L | = height from ground level to bottom of the inversion aloft, in m
exp | = the exponential function

The above equation not only includes upward reflection from the ground, it also includes downward reflection from the bottom of any inversion lid present in the atmosphere.

The sum of the four exponential terms in g3 converges to a final value quite rapidly. For most cases, the summation of the series with m = 1, m = 2 and m = 3 will provide an adequate solution.

σz and σy are functions of the atmospheric stability class (i.e., a measure of the turbulence in the ambient atmosphere) and of the downwind distance to the receptor. The two most important variables affecting the degree of pollutant emission dispersion obtained are the height of the emission source point and the degree of atmospheric turbulence. The more turbulence, the better the degree of dispersion.

Equations[6][7] for σy and σz are:

σy(x) = exp(Iy \+ Jyln(x) + Ky[ln(x)]2)

σz(x) = exp(Iz \+ Jzln(x) + Kz[ln(x)]2)

(units of σz, and σy, and x are in meters)

Coefficient | A | B | C | D | E | F

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Iy | -1.104 | -1.634 | -2.054 | -2.555 | -2.754 | -3.143
Jy | 0.9878 | 1.0350 | 1.0231 | 1.0423 | 1.0106 | 1.0148
Ky | -0.0076 | -0.0096 | -0.0076 | -0.0087 | -0.0064 | -0.0070
Iz | 4.679 | -1.999 | -2.341 | -3.186 | -3.783 | -4.490
Jz | -1.7172 | 0.8752 | 0.9477 | 1.1737 | 1.3010 | 1.4024
Kz | 0.2770 | 0.0136 | -0.0020 | -0.0316 | -0.0450 | -0.0540

The classification of stability class is proposed by F. Pasquill.[8] The six stability classes are referred to: A-extremely unstable B-moderately unstable C-slightly unstable D-neutral E-slightly stable F-moderately stable

The resulting calculations for air pollutant concentrations are often expressed as an air pollutant concentration contour map in order to show the spatial variation in contaminant levels over a wide area under study. In this way the contour lines can overlay sensitive receptor locations and reveal the spatial relationship of air pollutants to areas of interest.

Whereas older models rely on stability classes (see air pollution dispersion terminology) for the determination of σy and σz, more recent models increasingly rely on the Monin-Obukhov similarity theory to derive these parameters.

## Briggs plume rise equations

The Gaussian air pollutant dispersion equation (discussed above) requires the input of H which is the pollutant plume's centerline height above ground level—and H is the sum of Hs (the actual physical height of the pollutant plume's emission source point) plus ΔH (the plume rise due to the plume's buoyancy).

Visualization of a buoyant Gaussian air pollutant dispersion plume

To determine ΔH, many if not most of the air dispersion models developed between the late 1960s and the early 2000s used what are known as the Briggs equations. G.A. Briggs first published his plume rise observations and comparisons in 1965.[9] In 1968, at a symposium sponsored by CONCAWE (a Dutch organization), he compared many of the plume rise models then available in the literature.[10] In that same year, Briggs also wrote the section of the publication edited by Slade[11] dealing with the comparative analyses of plume rise models. That was followed in 1969 by his classical critical review of the entire plume rise literature,[12] in which he proposed a set of plume rise equations which have become widely known as "the Briggs equations". Subsequently, Briggs modified his 1969 plume rise equations in 1971 and in 1972.[13][14]

Briggs divided air pollution plumes into these four general categories:

* Cold jet plumes in calm ambient air conditions
* Cold jet plumes in windy ambient air conditions
* Hot, buoyant plumes in calm ambient air conditions
* Hot, buoyant plumes in windy ambient air conditions

Briggs considered the trajectory of cold jet plumes to be dominated by their initial velocity momentum, and the trajectory of hot, buoyant plumes to be dominated by their buoyant momentum to the extent that their initial velocity momentum was relatively unimportant. Although Briggs proposed plume rise equations for each of the above plume categories, it is important to emphasize that "the Briggs equations" which become widely used are those that he proposed for bent-over, hot buoyant plumes.

In general, Briggs's equations for bent-over, hot buoyant plumes are based on observations and data involving plumes from typical combustion sources such as the flue gas stacks from steam-generating boilers burning fossil fuels in large power plants. Therefore, the stack exit velocities were probably in the range of 20 to 100 ft/s (6 to 30 m/s) with exit temperatures ranging from 250 to 500 °F (120 to 260 °C).

A logic diagram for using the Briggs equations[4] to obtain the plume rise trajectory of bent-over buoyant plumes is presented below: none

where:  |

|

Δh  | = plume rise, in m
F | = buoyancy factor, in m4s−3
x  | = downwind distance from plume source, in m
xf | = downwind distance from plume source to point of maximum plume rise, in m
u  | = windspeed at actual stack height, in m/s
s | = stability parameter, in s−2

The above parameters used in the Briggs' equations are discussed in Beychok's book.[4]

## See also

### Atmospheric dispersion models

List of atmospheric dispersion models provides a more comprehensive list of models than listed below. It includes a very brief description of each model.

* ADMS
* AERMOD

Result of an atmospheric dispersion modeling using AERMOD

* ATSTEP
* CALPUFF
* CMAQ
* DISPERSION21
* FLACS
* FLEXPART

2016 HYSPLIT map

* HYSPLIT
* ISC3
* NAME
* MERCURE
* OSPM
* Fluidyn-Panache
* RIMPUFF
* SAFE AIR
* PUFF-PLUME
* POLYPHEMUS
* MUNICH
* VANADIS Vanadis-preprint Vanadis-poster

Vanadis 3D dynamic FEM air pollution transport model - concentration field on ground level Vanadis 3D dynamic FEM air pollution transport model - concentration field on perpendicular surface

### Organizations

* Air Quality Modeling Group
* Air Resources Laboratory
* Finnish Meteorological Institute
* KNMI, Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute
* National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark
* Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
* TA Luft
* UK Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee
* UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau
* Desert Research Institute
* VITO (institute) Belgium; https://vito.be/en
* Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI

### Others

* Air pollution dispersion terminology
* List of atmospheric dispersion models
* Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS)
* Roadway air dispersion modeling
* Useful conversions and formulas for air dispersion modeling
* Air pollution forecasting

## References

1. ↑ Fensterstock, J.C. et al., "Reduction of air pollution potential through environmental planning", JAPCA, Vol.21, No.7, 1971.
2. ↑ Bosanquet, C.H. and Pearson, J.L., "The spread of smoke and gases from chimneys", Trans. Faraday Soc., 32:1249, 1936
3. ↑ Sutton, O.G., "The problem of diffusion in the lower atmosphere", QJRMS, 73:257, 1947 and "The theoretical distribution of airborne pollution from factory chimneys", QJRMS, 73:426, 1947
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Beychok, Milton R. (2005). Fundamentals Of Stack Gas Dispersion (4th ed.). author-published. ISBN 0-9644588-0-2.
5. ↑ Turner, D.B. (1994). Workbook of atmospheric dispersion estimates: an introduction to dispersion modeling (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-023-X. https://archive.org/details/workbookofatmosp0000turn.
6. ↑ Seinfeld, John H. (2006). "Chapter 18". Atmospheric chemistry and physics: from air pollution to climate change. Wiley. ISBN 9780471720171.
7. ↑ Hanna, Steven (1982). "Handbook on Atmospheric Diffusion". U.S. Department of Energy Report. https://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/5591108/.
8. ↑ W, Klug (April 1984). Atmospheric Diffusion (3rd Edition). F. Pasquill and F. B. Smith. Ellis Horwood, (John Wiley & Sons) Chichester, 1983 (3rd ed.). New York: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
9. ↑ Briggs, G.A., "A plume rise model compared with observations", JAPCA, 15:433–438, 1965
10. ↑ Briggs, G.A., "CONCAWE meeting: discussion of the comparative consequences of different plume rise formulas", Atmos. Envir., 2:228–232, 1968
11. ↑ Slade, D.H. (editor), "Meteorology and atomic energy 1968", Air Resources Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1968
12. ↑ Briggs, G.A., "Plume Rise", USAEC Critical Review Series, 1969
13. ↑ Briggs, G.A., "Some recent analyses of plume rise observation", Proc. Second Internat'l. Clean Air Congress, Academic Press, New York, 1971
14. ↑ Briggs, G.A., "Discussion: chimney plumes in neutral and stable surroundings", Atmos. Envir., 6:507–510, 1972

## Further reading

### Books

Introductory

* Beychok, Milton R. (2005). Fundamentals Of Stack Gas Dispersion (4th ed.). author-published. ISBN 0-9644588-0-2.
* Center for Chemical Process Safety (1999). Guidelines for Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis (2nd ed.). American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-8169-0720-5.
* Center for Chemical Process Safety (1996). Guidelines for Use of Vapor Cloud and Source Dispersion Models, with Worked Examples (2nd ed.). American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-8169-0702-1.
* Schnelle, Karl B.; Dey, Partha R. (1999). Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling Compliance Guide (1st ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-058059-6.
* Turner, D.B. (1994). Workbook of Atmospheric Dispersion Estimates: An Introduction to Dispersion Modeling (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-023-X. https://archive.org/details/workbookofatmosp0000turn.

Advanced

* Arya, S. Pal (1998). Air Pollution Meteorology and Dispersion (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-507398-3.
* Barrat, Rod (2001). Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling (1st ed.). Earthscan Publications. ISBN 1-85383-642-7.
* Colls, Jeremy (2002). Air Pollution (1st ed.). Spon Press (UK). ISBN 0-415-25565-1.
* Radioactive Releases in the Environment (1st ed.). John Wiley & Sons. 2003. ISBN 0-471-89924-0.
* European Process Safety Centre (1999). Atmospheric Dispersion (1st ed.). Rugby: Institution of Chemical Engineers. ISBN 0-85295-404-2.
* Godish, Thad (2003). Air Quality (4th ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-586-X.
* Hanna, S.R.; Drivas, D. G. (1996). Guidelines for Use of Vapor Cloud Dispersion Models (2nd ed.). Wiley-American Institute of Chemical Engineers. ISBN 0-8169-0702-1.
* Hanna, S. R.; Strimaitis, D. G. (1989). Workbook of Test Cases for Vapor Cloud Source Dispersion Models (1st ed.). Center for Chemical Process Safety, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. ISBN 0-8169-0455-3.
* Hanna, S. R.; Britter, R.E. (2002). Wind Flow and Vapor Cloud Dispersion at Industrial and Urban Sites (1st ed.). Wiley-American Institute of Chemical Engineers. ISBN 0-8169-0863-X.
* Perianez, Raul (2005). Modelling the dispersion of radionuclides in the marine environment : an introduction (1st ed.). Springer. ISBN 3-540-24875-7.
* Pielke, Roger A. (2001). Mesoscale Modeling (2nd ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 0-12-554766-8.
* Zannetti, P. (1990). Air pollution modeling : theories, computational methods, and available software. Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-30805-1.

### Proceedings

* Advances in Air Pollution Modeling for Environmental Security (NATO Workshop). Springer, 2005. 2004.
* Harmonization within atmospheric dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes (4th Workshop). International Journal of Environment and Pollution, vol. 8 no. 3–6, Interscience Enterprises, 1997. 1996.
* Bartzis, J G., ed (1998). Harmonization within atmospheric dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes (5th Workshop). International Journal of Environment and Pollution, vol. 14 no. 1–6, Interscience Enterprises, 2000.
* Coppalle, A., ed (1999). Harmonization within atmospheric dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes (6th Workshop). International Journal of Environment and Pollution, vol. 16 no. 1–6, Inderscience Enterprises, 2001.
* Batchvarova, E., ed (2002). Harmonization within atmospheric dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes (8th Workshop). International Journal of Environment and Pollution, vol. 20 no. 1–6, Inderscience Enterprises, 2003.
* Suppan, P., ed (2004). Harmonization within atmospheric dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes (8th Workshop). International Journal of Environment and Pollution, vol. 24 no. 1–6 and vol.25 no. 1–6, Inderscience Enterprises, 2005.
* Zannetti, P., ed (1993). International Conference on Air Pollution (1st, Mexico City). Computational Mechanics, 1993. ISBN 1-56252-146-2.
* De Wispelaere, C., ed (1980). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (11th). Plenum Press, 1981. ISBN 0-306-40820-1.
* De Wispelaere, C., ed (1982). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (13th). NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society [by] Plenum Press, 1984. ISBN 0-306-41491-0.
* Gryning, S., ed (1995). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (21st). NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society [by] Plenum Press, 1996. ISBN 0-306-45381-9.
* Gryning, S., ed (1997). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (22nd). NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society [by] Plenum Press, 1998. ISBN 0-306-45821-7.
* Gryning, S., ed (1998). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (23rd). NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society [by] Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2000. ISBN 0-306-46188-9.
* Gryning, S., ed (2000). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (24th). NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society [by] Kluwer Academic, 2001. ISBN 0-306-46534-5.
* Borrego, C., ed (2000). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (25th). NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society [by] Kluwer Academic, 2002. ISBN 0-306-47294-5.
* Borrego, C., ed (2003). International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application (26th). NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society [by] Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 2004. ISBN 0-306-48464-1.
* Committee on the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases, National Research Council, ed (2002). Tracking and Predicting the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases (Workshop). National Academies Press, 2003. ISBN 0-309-08926-3.

### Guidance

* Hanna, S. R.; Briggs, G. A.; Hosker, R. P. (1982). Handbook on Atmospheric Diffusion. U.S. Department of Energy, Technical Information Center. DOE/TIC-11223.
* U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1993). Guidance on the Application of Refined Dispersion Models for Hazardous/Toxic Air Releases. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, EPA-454/R-93-002.
* U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1999). Risk Management Program Guidance for Offsite Consequence Analysis (Appendices). Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA 550-B-99-009. http://daq.state.nc.us/toxics/risk/112r/files/guid_oca-all(31).pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
* U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1999). Technical Background Document for Offsite Consequence Analysis for Anhydrous Ammonia, Aqueous Ammonia, Chlorine, and Sulfur Dioxide. Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office. http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/docs/chem/backup.pdf.
* U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2009). Chapter 4: Offsite Consequence Analysis. In General Guidance on Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accident Prevention (40 CFR Part 68). Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA 555-B-04-001. http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/docs/chem/Chap-04-final.pdf.

## External links

* EPA's Support Center for Regulatory Atmospheric Modeling
* EPA's Air Quality Modeling Group (AQMG)
* NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory (ARL)
* UK Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee web site
* UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau web site
* Atmospheric Chemistry transport model LOTOS-EUROS
* The Operational Priority Substances model OPS (in Dutch)
* HAMS-GPS Dispersion modelling
* Wiki on Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling. Addresses the international community of atmospheric dispersion modellers - primarily researchers, but also users of models. Its purpose is to pool experiences gained by dispersion modellers during their work.

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* HyCOM
* ROMS
* POM
* MOM
* FVCOM
* MITgcm
* FESOM
* ADCIRC

Atmospheric dispersion|

* ADMS
* AERMOD
* ATSTEP
* AUSTAL2000
* CALPUFF
* DISPERSION21
* ISC3
* MEMO
* MERCURE
* NAME
* OSPM
* PUFF-PLUME
* RIMPUFF
* SAFE AIR

Chemical transport|

* CLaMS
* MOZART
* GEOS-Chem

Land surface parametrization|

* JULES
* CLASS
* ISBA

Cryospheric models|

* CICE

Discontinued|

* AVN / MRF / GSM / GFS
* Eta
* LFM
* MM5
* NGM
* NOGAPS
* RUC

* Mathematical model
* Statistical model
* Scientific modelling
* Computer simulation

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Scientific modelling

Biological|

* Cellular model
* Chemical process modeling
* Ecosystem model
* Infectious disease model
* Metabolic network modelling
* Modelling biological systems
* Protein structure prediction

Environmental|

* Atmospheric model
* Chemical transport model
* Climate model
* Geologic modelling
* Groundwater model
* Hydrological model
* Hydrological transport model
* Modular Ocean Model
* Wildfire modeling

Sustainability|

* Energy modeling
* Integrated assessment modelling
* Population model

Social|

* Biopsychosocial model
* Business process modelling
* Catastrophe modeling
* Construction and management simulation
* Crime mapping
* Economic model
* Input-output model

Related topics|

* Data visualization
* List of computer simulation software
* Mathematical modeling
* Systems theory
* Systems thinking
* Visual analytics

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Pollution

Air pollution|

* Acid rain
* Air quality index
* Atmospheric dispersion modeling
* Chlorofluorocarbon
* Indoor air quality
* Global dimming
* Global distillation
* Global warming
* Ozone depletion
* Atmospheric particulate matter
* Smog

Water pollution|

* Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
* Environmental impact of shipping
* Environmental monitoring
* Eutrophication
* Freshwater environmental quality parameters
* Groundwater pollution
* Hypoxia
* Marine debris
* Marine pollution
* Nutrient pollution
* Ocean acidification
* Oil spill
* Septic tank
* Surface runoff
* Thermal pollution
* Turbidity
* Urban runoff
* Wastewater
* Water quality
* Water stagnation
* Waterborne diseases

Soil contamination|

* Bioremediation
* Electrical resistance heating
* Herbicide
* Open defecation
* Pesticide
* Phytoremediation
* Soil Guideline Values (SGVs)

Radioactive contamination|

* Actinides in the environment
* Bioremediation of radioactive waste
* Environmental radioactivity
* Fission product
* Nuclear fallout
* Plutonium in the environment
* Radiation poisoning
* Radium in the environment
* Uranium in the environment

Other types of pollution|

* Land degradation
* Light pollution
* Pollution from nanomaterials
* Noise pollution
* Radio spectrum pollution
* Urban heat island
* Visual pollution

Pollution response|

* Cleaner production
* Industrial ecology
* Pollutant release and transfer register
* Polluter pays principle
* Pollution control
* Pollution prevention
* Waste minimization
* Zero waste

Inter-government treaties|

* Basel Convention
* CLRTAP
* Kyoto Protocol
* MARPOL Convention
* Montreal Protocol
* OSPAR
* Rotterdam Convention
* Stockholm Convention

Major organizations|

* Basel Action Network
* Central Pollution Control Board (India)
* DEFRA
* Environment Agency (England)
* Scottish Environment Protection Agency
* U.S. EPA
* European Environment Agency
* Greenpeace

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