Airware: A software to estimate the dispersion of urban atmospheric pollutants

Currently, we are developing a software (Airware) that allows the evaluation of dispersion using mathematical models, considering the most important traffic corridors of the city. The purpose is to generate an integrated system for the evaluation and support for decision-making relative to the Air Quality Management, using mathematical models and basic information. Its modular design will enable its adaptation and appliance to a wide variety of environmental, physiografic, meteorologic and socio-economic conditions. The system will provide easy access to advanced tools of data analisis and of design and the evaluation of strategies for air quality control, using simulation and optimization models together with a geographic information system (GIS) and expert system. These components will be integrated with an interactive and graphic interphase that will enable the use of the system for people with little or no experience in computers.

The system will be used for the following :
 

• Simulate air quality for a wide range of contaminants, such as SO₂, NO_X, ozone, volatile hidrocarbons and suspended particles for long periods associated with mobile sources.
• Evaluate the environmental impact of policies for the control of vehicular traffic.