air pollution model News
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Disaster Resilient Cities: CERC Workshop in Kuala Lumpur
In July 2017 CERC ran a 5-day workshop at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur which included training on air pollution modelling using ADMS-Urban and EMIT. The workshop was part of a multi-million pound project we first reported on in February this year that aims to develop a prototype multi-hazard platform for disaster management in Kuala Lumpur. The project looks at forecasting ...
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Disaster Resilient Cities: CERC Workshop and Training in Kuala Lumpur
In July 2017 CERC ran a 5-day workshop at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur which included training on air pollution modelling using ADMS-Urban and EMIT. The workshop was part of a multi-million pound project we first reported on in February this year that aims to develop a prototype multi-hazard platform for disaster management in Kuala Lumpur. The project looks at forecasting ...
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Lohmeyer implements the dispersion model PROKAS to software product SELMA GIS
SELMAGIS is a system for Air Pollution Modelling and Visualization as an extension in ArcGIS 9.1 - 9.3, 10. SELMAGIS offers a unique graphical user interface to work with different dispersion models. There are implemented yet AUSTAL2000, OML-Highway, MEMO and MARS/MUSE and now PROKAS. PROKAS is able to calculate traffic induced air pollution and includes different module’s. PROKAS_E ...
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Recent Air Pollution title from WIT Press
WIT Press Air Pollution XIX Editors: C.A. Brebbia, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and J.W.S. Longhurst, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK Description: Air Pollution is widespread and a growing challenge to the international community, with known impacts on local and global health and the environment. Governments face a need to ...
By WIT Press
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Annual ADMS User Group Meetings Attract Record Attendance
A record number of users of CERC's ADMS 5, ADMS-Roads, ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Airport air pollution dispersion models gathered last week in Manchester for the annual ADMS User Group Meetings. Delegates enjoyed a packed programme of presentations from CERC and guest speakers from ARUP, TRL, SEPA, Fichtner Consulting Engineers, Lithuanian EPA, AECOM and Wiser Environment. All the presentations are now ...
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Air pollution modelling could help predict algal blooms
Models that predict how nitrogen from the air is deposited in the sea could be useful in predicting algal blooms. Based on the knowledge that excess nitrogen increases algal growth rates, researchers simulated nitrogen deposition in the North Sea and suggested that, using predicted weather data, it might be possible to adapt this approach to predict algal blooms. Algae populations are kept under ...
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Annual ADMS User Group Meetings attract record audiences
A record number of users of CERC’s ADMS 5, ADMS-Roads, ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Airport air pollution dispersion models gathered last week in Manchester for the annual ADMS User Group Meetings. Delegates enjoyed a packed programme of presentations from CERC and guest speakers from ARUP, TRL, SEPA, Fichtner Consulting Engineers, Lithuanian EPA, AECOM and Wiser Environment. All the presentations ...
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Air pollution monitoring model takes off in Australia
“The Air Pollution Model (TAPM) increases our ability to pinpoint pollutant behaviour in a wider range of atmospheric conditions,” says CSIRO’s Dr Peter Hurley. ”Over the coming years the new model will continue to fill a gap between simple air pollution dispersion models and the much more complex earth system models such as The Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS).” ...
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New review of odour emissions modelling with model intercomparison
Dispersion modelling plays an important role in the assessment of potential odour annoyance for planned activities and the investigation of complaints related to existing facilities. However, compared to general air pollution modelling there are particular challenges associated with modelling odour dispersion and exposure due to the importance of odour variations over short timescales to the ...
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COP26: Verifying Glasgow`s CO2 emissions using ADMS-Urban and measurements
Verification of carbon dioxide emissions is essential to achieving Net Zero and "keeping 1.5 alive". Researchers from CERC, Cambridge University, and ACOEM have collaborated on a project to verify CO2 emissions across greater Glasgow by combining measurements and CERC's ADMS-Urban air pollution dispersion model. The ongoing study, using available traffic data and emissions factors, suggests that ...
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EPA releases air quality model to study harmful air pollution / model will help scientists protect public health
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new version of its Community Multi-scale Air Quality model (CMAQ) that uses up-to-the minute meteorology and air chemistry data to determine how weather conditions affect pollution, and how pollution can affect and change weather. Version 5.0 of CMAQ allows scientists to analyze air quality at smaller, finer-resolution settings for ...
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Lessons from Gothenburg on setting air pollution ceilings
The 2010 deadline for the Gothenburg Protocol ceilings for transboundary air pollutants is fast approaching and new ceilings may soon be set for 2020. Recent research indicates that, although the ceilings have been effective, they could benefit from more flexibility to allow for the inherent uncertainty in modelling future energy use, technologies and growth. The UN Gothenburg Protocol to abate ...
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New planning tool for climate adaptation in cities
A changing climate places great pressure on society, and creates many new challenges. To make city planning easier, a planning tool has been developed to support climate adaptation of cities and regions in Europe. The European research project SUDPLAN, co-ordinated by SMHI, has developed a planning tool for climate adaptation of European cities and regions for intensive precipitation, ...
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Modelling Air Pollution Across the West Midlands (UK) using ADMS-Urban RML
CERC are participating in the West Midlands Air Quality Improvement Programme (WM-Air), by providing regional, local and coupled modelling of air pollution in this UK region. The project aims to improve understanding of pollution sources and concentrations, with new capability to assess the air quality, health and economic consequences of possible policies on 2.8 million people. It will support ...
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High Resolution Air Quality Maps of Zagreb
This year, the Croatian environmental consultancy firm EKONERG completed an air quality modelling project for Zagreb City Office in which ADMS-Urban was used to model air pollution levels in Zagreb at street-scale resolution. EKONERG developed a local scale emissions inventory for the project and verified the model predictions at three urban background monitors within the city. The modelled ...
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Modeling the unequal benefits of U.S. environmental policy
Original story at MIT News One of the two top air pollutants in the U.S., ground-level ozone is harmful not only to your health but also to your bank balance. Long-term exposure to high concentrations of ozone can lead to respiratory and lung disease such as asthma, conditions that drive up medical expenses and sometimes result in lost income. Ozone exacts a particularly heavy toll on people ...
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High resolution air quality maps of Zagreb
This year, the Croatian environmental consultancy firm EKONERG completed an air quality modelling project for Zagreb City Office in which ADMS-Urban was used to model air pollution levels in Zagreb at street-scale resolution. EKONERG developed a local scale emissions inventory for the project and verified the model predictions at three urban background monitors within the city. The modelled ...
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EPA Announces 12th Annual Clean Air Excellence Awards
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is presenting the 12th annual Clean Air Excellence Awards honoring 3 projects and companies from across the Southeast for their work on clean air initiatives. The awards recognize innovative programs that protect Americans' health and the environment, educate the public, serve their communities and stimulate the economy. “The 42-year ...
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RTI wins US$19m contract for EPA air quality monitoring, modeling and research
RTI International, in collaboration with a group of leading environmental research companies, has been awarded a contract to provide a wide range of research and technical support services to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS). The research team led by RTI includes Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG); Neptune and Company, Atmospheric ...
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Introducing BREEZE CALPUFF 2.4
The BREEZE development team is excited to bring you yet another update to BREEZE CALPUFF, the advanced air quality modeling system used for long-range transport and for complex terrain to estimate air pollutant concentrations. The intuitive design of BREEZE CALPUFF provides modelers with tools and functionality to streamline all aspects of their modeling scenario from setting up the model to ...
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