MPTER. EPA/ORD (Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Research and Development) air-quality simulation model. Model-Simulation
MPTER is a multiple point-source Gaussian model with optional terrain adjustment. MPTER estimates concentration on an hour-by-hour basis for relatively inert pollutants (i.e., SO{sub 2} and TSP). MPTER uses Pasquill-Gifford or Briggs urban dispersion parameters and Briggs plume-rise methods to calculate the spreading and the rise of plumes. The model is most applicable for source-receptor distances less than 10 kilometers and for locations with level or gently rolling terrain. Terrain adjustments are restricted to receptors whose elevation is no higher than the lowest stack top. In addition to terrain adjustments, options are also available for wind-profile exponents, buoyancy induced dispersion, gradual plume rise, stack downwash, and plume half-life. Software Description: The model is written in the FORTRAN programming language for implementation on an IBM-PC compatible microcomputer. Data are in compressed format but a dearchive utility is included.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Environmental Sciences Research Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5032299
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-500307/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FORTRAN
GAUSSIAN PROCESSES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PLUMES
POINT POLLUTANT SOURCES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
SIMULATION
WIND