Computer Modeling of Transportation-Generated Air Pollution - a State-of-the-Art Survey

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• Creators:
  Darling, Eugene M., Jr.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pollution
  • Computers
  • Information processing
  • Mathematical models
  • State of the art studies
  • Transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-OST-72-20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
• NTL Classification:
  AGR-IMPACTS-Environment ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Air Quality ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment Impacts
• Abstract:
  The state-of-the-art is surveyed in air pollution modelling with particular emphasis on the modeling of dispersion from transportation sources. Models which have actually been implemented are stressed and the computational aspects of these models are treated in detail. Applications are discussed and validations are critically assessed. It was found that Gaussian and conservation of mass models are currently the most widely used tools for analyzing the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere. Models presently in operation are run on medium to large-scale computers of the IBM 360/50 class or greater and are mostly programmed in FORTRAN iv. Although existing models have been applied to a wide variety of air pollution problems, their performance has not been adequately evaluated.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11674/dot_11674_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.22 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d1ffbfae8a6b9038ee68a7dab98ced981deaee9f9b35be8d57491830582d1248