List of atmospheric dispersion models
Atmospheric dispersion models are computer programs that use mathematical algorithms to simulate how pollutants in the ambient atmosphere disperse and, in some cases, how they react in the atmosphere. US Environmental Protection Agency models. Many of the dispersion models developed by or accepted for use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) are accepted for use in many other countries as well. Those EPA models are grouped below into four categories. Screening models. These are models that are often used before applying a refined air quality model to determine if refined modelling is needed . Photochemical models. Photochemical air quality models have become widely utilized tools for assessing the effectiveness of control strategies adopted by regulatory agencies. These models are large-scale air quality models that simulate the changes of pollutant concentrations in the atmosphere by characterizing the chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere. These models are applied at multiple geographical scales ranging from local and regional to national and global. Models developed in continental Europe. The European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change, which is part of the European Environment Agency (EEA), maintains an online Model Documentation System (MDS) that includes descriptions  and other information for almost all of the dispersion models developed by the countries of Europe. The MDS currently (July 2012) contains 142 models, mostly developed in Europe. Of those 142 models, some were subjectively selected for inclusion here. Anyone interested in seeing the complete MDS can access it here. Some of the European models listed in the MDS are public domain and some are not. Many of them 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 country of origin is included for each of the European models listed below. References. Schenk R (1996) Entwicklung von IBS Verkehr, Fördervorhaben des Ministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, FKZ 76213//95, 1996 Schenk R (1980) Numerische Behandlung instationärer Transportprobleme,Habilitation an der TU Dresden, 1980 Further reading. For those who would like to learn more about atmospheric dispersion models, it is suggested that either one of the following books be read: