AIRMOD--A General Program for the Rapid Assessment of Airborne Pollutants.

Abstract

This report describes the initial design of a general program for the rapid assessment of airborne pollutants (AIRMOD). The system includes procedures for (1) long-term and short-term evaluations, (2) the determination of point and line source emitters, (3) limited mixing conditions, and (4) corrections for major topographic features. AIRMOD output is presented as a table of pollutant concentration estimates for all possible weather conditions. The basic model is Gaussian plume dispersion of conservative pollutants. Its primary application is for sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and particulates less than 10 microns in diameter. Models for other types of pollutants are still under consideration. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058569

Entities

People

  • P. K. Terkonda
  • R. D. Webster
  • R. L. Welsh

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Birds
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Flue Gases
  • Gases
  • Geographic Regions
  • Information Systems
  • Inversion
  • Lapse Rate
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Military Facilities
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geodesy