LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL SOFTWARE
VOLUME 6 - ISSUE 2
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – February 2005
U.S. EPA Releases New BPIP-PRIME Model
On Dec. 9th 2004, the U.S. EPA released a new version of the BPIP-PRIME model (BPIPPRM version 04274). The storage limit values for the BPIP-PRIME model have changed and are now unlimited for the number of buildings, tiers, corners, and stacks. In addition, two new processing switches were added so that BPIPPRM can also output BPIP output in ST and LT formats. For detailed information, please see the BPIPPRM Model Change Bulletin at:
https://www.epa.gov/scramtt22.htm#bpipprm
Lakes Environmental Software News & Updates
Lakes Environmental Software has released version 4.8.6 of ISC-AERMOD View. This upgrade was released primarily to incorporate the changes made to the U.S. EPA BPIP-PRIME model.
Visit support.weblakes.com/updates.html or contact support@weblakes.com for more information.
First Statewide Multi-Pathway Risk Assessment Completed
Lakes Environmental has developed an easy-to-use, robust system to facilitate screening level human health risk assessments of sites located within a state. The GIS-enabled system can incorporate sources from most current emission inventory data for point, area, non-road and on-road mobile sources. Using the state’s other existing meteorology and source databases, StateRisk View performs air dispersion modeling across the entire state. Air dispersion modeling results are then used in conjunction with additional geophysical GIS data to perform state-wide multi-source, multi-pathway risk assessment. For more information please see the full details at:
https://www.weblakes.com/project_experience/statewide_risk.html
Lakes Environmental Services
MM5 Meteorological modeling to obtain more accurate wind fields is now a reality. This type of service will help you to fill in the missing data and provide a better initial wind field for CALMET (CALPUFF). In addition to providing more defensible results, MM5 is also an indispensable tool when modeling over complex terrain. For more information please contact us at: services@weblakes.com.
 |
||
|
|
 |
|
|
|
||
We’ve set a number of training dates for 2005, with additional courses to be announced. Please contact us at training@weblakes.com for international or customized training needs.
AERMOD & ISCST3 Courses
|
Feb. 03-04, 2005 |
Toronto, ON - Canada |
|
Feb. 24-25, 2005 |
Dallas, Texas |
|
Apr. 21-22, 2005 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
|
May 12-13, 2005 |
Sacramento, California |
|
Jun. 09-10, 2005 |
Denver, Colorado |
|
Sep. 22-23, 2005 |
RTP, North Carolina |
|
Oct. 20-21, 2005 |
Chicago, Illinois |
|
Nov. 17-18, 2005 |
Tampa, Florida |
CALPUFF Courses
|
Feb. 22-24, 2005 * |
London, United Kingdom |
|
Mar. 09-11, 2005 |
Seattle, Washington |
* Invited Instructor: Dr. Keith Harsham, BP
For more information on these courses such as registration information and course outlines, please visit our website:
https://www.weblakes.com/courses.html
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
 |
|
|
|
||
New BPIP Prime Changes
Users of the U.S. EPA BPIP PRIME model have noticed occasional results, which are different from previous versions. The reason for such discrepancy is that the new version has two bug corrections. Previously, BPIP-PRIME had two faulty assignments described in the Model Change Bulletin. In the Model Change Bulletin #1 for the new BPIPPRM there is a description of a bug correction about one page before the end that reads as follows:
" (open quote)
The following two variables were erroneously equated and were changed from:
MPADX(S,D) = PBL
MPADY(S,D) = PBL
to:
MPADX(S,D) = XBADJ
MPADY(S,D) = YBADJ
" (end quote)
The Model Change Bulletin (MCB) also describes a second bug correction (about 2/3 of the way through the MCB) that states as follows:
" (open quote)
An error was found where DPADY(S) was repeated twice instead of
as DPADX(S, DPADY(S). The code was changed from:
+ DPADY(S),DPADY(S)
to:
+ DPADX(X),DPADY(S)
" (end quote).
Therefore, the numerical differences from the old to the new BPIP-PRIME is a result of two bug corrections, not of new bugs.
Canada Split over Restrictions on
Car
Emissions
FREDERICTON,
New Brunswick —
The two Canadian ministers
negotiating with car makers over cuts in emissions are split on what to
do, with one favoring binding restrictions and the other saying he wants
the talks to continue.
https://www.enn.com/today.html?id=7018
Bush Air Pollution Plan Up Against
Deadlocked Senate Committee
WASHINGTON — Supporters of President Bush's
air-pollution plan on Wednesday renewed
their push to win its
enactment but appear to lack the votes to advance it in the Senate.
https://www.enn.com/today.html?id=7016
Officials, Groups Seek to Settle Clean Air Suit
Federal officials met with local and state environmental groups last week in an effort to settle a lawsuit that accuses the government of endangering millions of people in Dallas-Fort Worth by failing to take action to clean the air.
https://www.enn.com/biz.html?id=156
The Bogota Solution
INDIA - A bus service that operates like a suburban rail system. It’s been a huge success story in the Colombian capital. Can it work in India as well?
https://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-59375.html
Beijing to Plant Rooftop Grass to Clean Away Smog
BEIJING - Polluted Beijing is planning to clean up its
act by planting grass on rooftops, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
The gardening campaign was part of the Chinese capital's drive to improve air quality in time for the 2008 Olympics, it said. "Downtown Beijing is too crowded to insert more green belts, so we'll try it on the roofs," Yang Zhihua, an official with the city's parks and woods bureau, was quoted as saying. Green belts are urban areas set aside for planting trees and shrubs.
https://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-59350.html
Ottawa to Revamp Kyoto Strategy
OTTAWA — Ottawa is considering a five-year package of more than 2.4-billion in carrot-like tax incentives and subsidies as a means of convincing business and consumers to curb Canada's output of greenhouse gases under the Kyoto accord.
https://www.globe-net.ca/news/index.cfm?type=&newsID=
|
Here are a few Conferences and Tradeshows coming up in the next few months:
|
ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
This newsletter contains information gleaned from various sources on the web, with complete links to the sources cited. Organizations cited are in no way affiliated with Lakes Environmental Software.
Lakes Environmental Software is a leading environmental IT company which offers a complete line of air dispersion modeling, risk assessment, emissions inventory, and emergency release software as well as training and custom software services. With satisfied users located around the globe, Lakes Environmental Software will continue to revolutionize the environmental software field.
For more information we invite you to visit our web site at:
All comments and suggestions are welcome. You can e-mail
the editor at:
newsletter@weblakes.com
SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE
If you received this newsletter out of error, or wish to be removed from the mailing, please e-mail newsletter@weblakes.com with a single line in the message body: unsubscribe Lakes Newsletter [your e-mail address].
If you wish to subscribe (or recommend a colleague to subscribe), please e-mail newsletter@weblakes.com with a single line in the message body: subscribe Lakes Newsletter [your e-mail address].