PHOTOCHEMICAL DIFFUSION MODELS FOR AIR QUALITY SIMULATION: CURRENT STATUS

The development and implementation of photochemical diffusion models for air quality simulation provide one technique for carrying out the mandates of the 1970 amendments to the Clean Air Act. Mathematical models currently available for evaluating the impact of emissions on air quality consider source emission data, meteorological variables characterizing transport and dispersion processes, and reaction mechanisms describing chemical transformation and removal processes of atmospheric pollutant species. The purpose of this paper is to review and evaluate the status of several photochemical diffusion models currently available. These models, which vary in complexity, were developed to assess the impact of anthropogenic emissions on ambient photochemical oxidant levels in urban aras. Three approaches to photochemical air quality simulation modeling are considered: the grid point model, the trajectory model, and the box model. /Author/

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  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Presented at the Conference on the State of the Art of Assessing Transportation-Related Air Quality Impacts, Washington, D.C., October 22-24, 1975.
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  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

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• Authors:
  • Demerjian, Kenneth L
• Conference:
  • Conference on the State of the Art of Assessing Transportation-Related Air Quality Impacts
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1975-10-22 to 1975-10-24
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 21-33
• Monograph Title: Assessing transportation-related air quality impacts
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 167
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Impact studies; Mathematical models; Meteorology; Optical diffusion; Oxygen; Photochemistry; Pollutants; Simulation; Urban areas; Variables
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139649
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 21 1976 12:00AM