Analyses, experimental studies, and evaluations of control measures for air flow and air quality on and near highways. Volume II: User guidelines and application notes for estimating air quality for alternative roadway configurations. Final report 1973-80
A manual user-oriented methodology has been developed for estimating air quality conditions at each of a wide variety of simple and complex roadway configurations. The methodology is the result of experimental and theoretical investigations made at a number of atmospheric sites in addition to physical modeling studies made in Calspan Corporation's atmospheric simulation wind tunnel facility; experimental details, analyses, and results are presented in Volume I of this Final Report (PB82-133604). Guidelines are presented in four parts for the evaluation of air quality conditions at alternative roadway configurations. The first part presents a background discussion of principles of atmospheric dispersion and the emission of pollution (particularly carbon monoxide) by motor vehicles. In the second part the theory and application of the dispersion methodology is presented; the procedure is based on the roadway-atmospheric dispersion model of air pollution (ROADMAP) developed in Volume I of this report. To aid the user in applying the methodology, a worksheet format is used with accompanying tables and graphs. The applications of the methodology to some thirty site configurations in part three is intended to demonstrate the various tactical uses of the guidelines. The fourth part, on the other hand, presents some of the strategic considerations and limitations pertinent to the proper application of the guidelines for the purpose of air quality management.
- Research Organization:
- SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5250230
- Report Number(s):
- PB-82-133612
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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