Simplified modeling and measurement of air quality

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5484250

Segal, H

A 220 step program developed by the US Federal Aviation Administration to assess the effect of aircraft carbon monoxide emissions on airport air quality yielded results very similar to those obtained with the formalized and more elaborate Airport Vicinity Air Pollution and Northern Research and Engineering models. The simplified model incorporates the point source equation used in the other two models and assumes ''worst-case'' meteorology. An eight-fold difference in the absolute values of the pollutant concentrations calculated by the two formalized models derives only from the use of different constants in their meteorological algorithms. Aircraft plume studies at Dulles International Airport, Lakeland Airport, Fla., and Washington National Airport are being carried out to provide data for determining the proper meteorological constants.

• OSTI ID: 5484250
• Report Number(s): CONF-790634-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Annu. Meet., Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 79-37.5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORTS
ALGORITHMS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METEOROLOGY
MONITORING
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POINT POLLUTANT SOURCES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
SAMPLING
WASTES