Modeling Tips
Posts category: modeling-tips
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Mar 2022
CALPUFF View - Automated Coastline Download
One feature of the CALPUFF model is the ability to depict coastal interaction effects. Since the land surface can heat more rapidly than adjoining water, a Thermal Internal Boundary Layer (TIBL) can form and bring elevated source plumes close to the ground. This sets up a potential coastal fumigation scenario, which is illustrated in the figure below.
24
Feb 2022
AERMOD View - Reporting Plant Boundary Results
Previous Modeling Tips have covered different aspects of identifying plant boundaries in an AERMOD View project. This modeling tip describes plant boundary visualization capabilities and the ability to separate onsite and offsite impacts.
19
Jan 2022
AERMOD View - Decrease AERMAP Runtimes
AERMAP is the US EPA’s terrain preprocessor for the AERMOD modeling system. AERMAP reads digital terrain and calculates base elevations for sources and receptors and hill height scale factors for receptors. Users of AERMOD View know they can easily access digital terrain data via the WebGIS automated download feature which includes access to worldwide terrain data.
