Comparison of roadway pollutant dispersion models using the Texas data

Journal Article · Tue Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1982 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1982.10465536· OSTI ID:5624693

Rodden, J B; Green, N J; Messina, A D; Bullin, J A

The roadway pollution dispersion models known as CALINE-3, CALINE-2, AIRPOL-4A, HIWAY, and TRAPS-IIM were compared using the Texas at-grade data and the General Motors data. The Texas data were not used to validate any of the models (except for TRAPS-IIM), thus the comparison to the Texas data represented unbiased tests of the other models. TRAPS-IIM, CALINE-2, CALINE-3, and AIRPOL-4A yielded roughly comparable results for the Texas data. Scatter plots comparing the models to the data showed that all of the models performed poorly in general.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M University, College Station, TX
• OSTI ID: 5624693
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 32:12; ISSN JPCAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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