MESOPUFF: Mesoscale Puff Model

DESCRIPTION

It is a regional scale air pollution model, based on the puff approach, that tries to take into account the variability of physical and meteorological conditions that may take place at these scales. Each puff may follow an independent trajectory, it has a different diffusion, different chemical reactions, and dry and wet deposition. Up to five pollutants may be modelled: sulphur dioxide, sulphate, hydrogen oxide, nitric acid and nitrates. It works with time scales of few days.

The package includes a preprocessor for meteorological data and a post processor for concentration results.

Keywords

description: air quality, puff model, trajectory model, regional scale
objectives: simulation
application: long term, long range, chemical reactive pollutants, dry deposition, wet deposition

SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY

      
         The model is part of UNAMAP and is available on diskette from:      
              Computer Products      
              National Technical Information Service      
              U. S. Department of Commerce      
              Springfield, Virginia 22161      
              Phone (703) 487-4650      
         

AUTHORS

      
             J.S. Shire, F.W. Lurman, A. Bass, S.R. Hanna      
             Environmental Research & Technology, Inc.      
             696 Virgina Road      
             Concord Massachusset 01742      
         

REFERENCES

• Benkley, C.W. and A. Bass 1979a. USER'S GUIDE TO MESOPUFF (Mesoscale Puff) Model EPA 600/7-79-xxx, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park,, NC. 141 pp.
• Benkley, C.W. and A. Bass 1979b. USER'S GUIDE TO MESOPLUME (Mesoscale Plume Segment) Model. EPA 600/7-79-xxx, U.S. EPA Research Triangle Park, NC. 124 pp.
• Benkley, C.W. and A. Bass 1979a. USER'S GUIDE TO MESOPAC (Mesoscale Meteorology Package) Model EPA 600/7-79-xxx, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park,, NC. 76 pp.

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