Atmospheric dispersion modelling
Subtitle: an introduction to practical applications
By: Rod Barratt
Series: Business and environment practitioner series; Business and the environment practitioner series
Publisher: Earthscan Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Air -- Pollution -- Mathematical models; Atmospheric diffusion -- Mathematical models
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [130-131]) and index
Table of contents: title: Why model air quality?; title: Why model?; title: A complement to monitoring; title: Satisfying legal pressures; title: Environmental assessment levels; title: Wider pressures; title: Environmental management systems; title: Public information; title: Types of model; title: Model types; title: Mathematical model development; title: Understanding the atmosphere; title: Air quality; title: The effect of averaging time; title: Physical characteristics of the atmosphere; title: Reading a weather map; title: Lapse rate; title: Identifying atmospheric stability; title: Wind direction and speed; title: The atmospheric boundary layer; title: The Monin-Obukhov length; title: Terrain influences; title: Emission inventories; title: Source data; title: Conclusion; title: Gaussian plume dispersion models; title: A frame of reference; title: Gaussian plume models; title: The Gaussian dispersion coefficients, (Y and Z); title: The effective stack height, H; title: Simple modelling for point and mobile sources; title: Screening; title: Traffic pollution in city streets; title: Refined computer models; title: Refined dispersion models; title: Improving visualisation of output; title: Modelling emergency releases; title: Computer modelling for emergency releases; title: Some practical applications; title: Intrinsic uncertainty of concentration in modelling; title: How models match reality; title: Validating models; title: Long range dispersion model evaluation - ETEX; title: Modelling guidelines; title: Resource requirements for dispersion studies; title: A practical approach to dispersion modelling; title: Receptors; title: UK guidelines; title: US guidelines; title: European Union initiatives