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Shortz air diffusion model (for microcomputers). Data file

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:270101
SHORTZ utilizes the steady state bivariate Gaussian plume formulation for both urban and rural areas in flat or complex terrain to calculate ground-level ambient air concentrations. The model can calculate 1-hour, 2-hour, 3-hour, etc., average concentrations due to emissions from stacks, buildings and area sources for up to 300 arbitrarily placed sources. The output consists of total concentration at each receptor due to emissions from each user-specified source or group of sources, including all sources. If the option for gravitational settling is invoked, analysis cannot be accomplished in complex terrain without violatiing mass continuity.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
270101
Report Number(s):
PB--96-501986/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English