LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL SOFTWARE
VOLUME 6 - ISSUE 3
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – March 2005
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Lakes Environmental Software News & Updates
Lakes Environmental Software has released version 3.1 of AUSTAL View and ODOR View. This upgrade was released primarily to incorporate the optimizations made to version 2.1.14 of the AUSTAL2000 and TALdia models.
Article Published in Pollution Engineering
Jesse Thé, Ph.D., P.Eng., the President and CEO of Lakes Environmental Software cowrote a case study with Chris Walton, the Bowater Thunder Bay Operation Senior Environmental Technologist, entitled “Predictive Emissions Monitoring for Advanced Environmental Management”. This article is published in the March 2005 issue of Pollution Engineering and can also be found on the Pollution Engineering website:
See article in Pollution Engineering website
Lakes Environmental Services
Lakes Environmental Software has developed a supercomputing system that takes advantage of the unused processing cycles of all your organization's personal computers. This new solution, named the HIVE Grid, reduces the wasted computer processing power across all of the computers in your office. This distributed computing solution enables you to complete your analyses in a fraction of the time would take on a single machine, while maintaining the flexibility to still use your computer without interruption. For more information please contact us at:
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
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Apr. 21-22, 2005 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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May 12-13, 2005 |
Sacramento, California |
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Jun. 09-10, 2005 |
Denver, Colorado |
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Sep. 22-23, 2005 |
RTP, North Carolina |
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Oct. 20-21, 2005 |
Chicago, Illinois |
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Nov. 17-18, 2005 |
Tampa, Florida |
CALPUFF Courses
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May 03-05, 2005 |
Seattle, Washington |
For more information on these courses such as registration information and course outlines, please visit our website:
New variables in the BETA version of CALPUFF ver. 5.711 (and 5.711a)
It is our continuous effort to improve CALPUFF View for any changes in the latest CALPUFF modeling system. At present, CALPUFF View (version 1.5) is compatible to the BETA CALPUFF modeling system version 5.711 (and 5.711a). The BETA version contains new features and many important bug fixes from the official version. The latest BETA version is available for download from Earth Tech. CALPUFF View users can import the BETA version through “File | Preferences…” Not doing so, however, may cause CALPUFF to stop.
Symptom:
To identify the above problem, check the CALPUFF list file for the following message:
(HTMINBC) Default: 500. ! HTMINBC = 500.0 !
ERROR IN SUBR. READIN -- Error in input data --
Variable not found in variable dictionary
Variable: HTMINBC
Variable Dictionary: SYTDEP MHFTSZ JSUP CONK1
Diagnosis:
The BETA CALPUFF version 5.711 (dated June 25, 2003) introduces new variables to support a new feature for modeling BC puffs (MBCON=2). The official CALPUFF version 5.7 (dated April 2, 2003) does not recognize the new variable: HTMINBC, and therefore stops at that line.
Remedy:
Update to the BETA CALPUFF version. For users who must rely on the official version, a patch is also available on request.
Study Blames 20,000 Deaths a Year
on Diesel Exhaust
WASHINGTON — Emissions from old diesel engines cause more than 20,000
Americans a year to die sooner than they would have otherwise, an
environmental group estimated Tuesday.
https://www.enn.com/today.html?id=7195
Bush, Schroeder to Make Pledges on
Climate Change, Official Says
BERLIN
— German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and U.S. President George W. Bush
were expected to make pledges on efficient energy use and combating air
pollution at their meeting Wednesday in Germany, a government official
said.
https://www.enn.com/today.html?id=7189
Kyoto
Treaty Needs Help in Cities
After years of hard work on many sides, the Kyoto Protocols finally entered into effect on 16th February. And with it the obligation of 140 nations to do something about their greenhouse gas emissions. For the advanced industrial economies, the targets are going to be extremely hard to meet. But at least there is now a process in place which is starting to point the way. In some parts of the economy that is. However when it comes to transport in cities, there can be no grounds for optimism. 140 countries may have signed the Treaty, but not one city even initialed it.
https://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-59527.html
Integration of Transportation and Environment Data for Air Pollution Reduction
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Over the past ten years, studies and action plans have been made to improve Metro Manila's air quality. From fuel to vehicle to transport planning and modeling, various government and private entities strive to attain cleaner air. On the road to cleaner air, there are remaining issues that require prudent decisions.
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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.
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