CALINE-3: A Dispersion Model for Predicting Air Pollutant Levels Near Highways and Arterial Streets

DESCRIPTION

The program computes the effect on air quality, measured at up to 20 locations, of up to 20 stretches of a motorway running on a relative flat terrain, in an urban or rural environment. It is based on the gaussian plume approximation, but also includes the possibility of taking into account deposition and sedimentation in order to compute the concentration of particulate matter.

Keywords

description: air quality, traffic pollution, gaussian plume
objectives: simulation
application: line sources, urban environment, rural environment, short term, non-reactive pollutant, particulate matter

SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY

      
          CALINE3 is available on diskette from NTIS as PB80-220833.       
          The model is also available at California Department of Transportation.       
          For inquiries:      
            Mr. Marlin Beckwith      
            Chief, Office of Computer Systems      
            California Department of Transportation      
            1120 N. Street      
            Sacramento, California 95814      
         

AUTHORS

      
            Paul E. Benson      
            Office of transportatrion Laboratory      
            California Department of Transportation      
            Sacramento, California 95807      
         

REFERENCES

• Benson, Paul E., 1979. CALINE3
• A Versatile Dispersion Model for Predicting Air Pollutant Levels Near Highways and Arterial Streets. Interim report, report number FWWA/CA/TL-79/23. Federal Highway Administration, Washington DC (NTIS PB80-220841).

VALIDATION STUDIES

• Bemis, G.R.,et al, 1977. Air Pollution and roadway Location Design and Operation
• Project Overview. FHWA-CA-TL-7080-77-25, Federal Highway Administration, Washington DC.
• Cadle, S.H., et al. 1976. Results of the General Motors Sulfate Dispersion Experiment, GMR-2107. General Motors Research Laboratories, Waren,MI.
• Dabberdt,W.F.,1975. Studies of Air Quality on and near Highways, Project 2761. Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA.

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