NTL Record

Title Computer Modeling of Transportation-Generated Air Pollution - a State-of-the-Art Survey
Record ID 50282
Personal Name
Creator
Darling, Eugene M., Jr.
Source 131p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
Publisher United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
Publication Date 19720601
Language English
Abstract The state-of-the-art is surveyed in air pollution modelling with particular emphasis on the modeling of dispersion from transportation sources. Models which have actually been implemented are stressed and the computational aspects of these models are treated in detail. Applications are discussed and validations are critically assessed. It was found that Gaussian and conservation of mass models are currently the most widely used tools for analyzing the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere. Models presently in operation are run on medium to large-scale computers of the IBM 360/50 class or greater and are mostly programmed in FORTRAN iv. Although existing models have been applied to a wide variety of air pollution problems, their performance has not been adequately evaluated.
Rosap ID dot:11674
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11674
TRT Terms Air pollution; Computers; Information processing; Mathematical models; State of the art studies; Transportation
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Air Quality;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number DOT-TSC-OST-72-20
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50200/50282/DOT-TSC-OST-72-20.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository