The UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau was part of the
Met Office
The Met Office, until November 2000 officially the Meteorological Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and ...
, the
UK's national weather and meteorological service. The meteorologists in the bureau are among the UK's leading experts in areas such:
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meteorology
Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...
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air quality
Air pollution is the presence of substances in the Atmosphere of Earth, air that are harmful to humans, other living beings or the environment. Pollutants can be Gas, gases like Ground-level ozone, ozone or nitrogen oxides or small particles li ...
studies and forecasting
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air pollution dispersion modelling
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industrial emissions
Consultancy services
The bureau consisted of a team of air quality specialists dedicated to providing advice, support, and consultancy service to industry, government, local authorities and private consultants. The team had particular expertise with long and short range
atmospheric pollution dispersion modelling using the
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AERMOD,
ADMS, BOXURB and other dispersion models.
The bureau's consultancy services included:
* height assessments of industrial stacks discharging airborne
pollutants
* long-term environmental impact studies of airborne pollutant emissions
* scenario modelling and analyses of
accidental releases of airborne pollutants
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Air pollution forecasting
Air pollution forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the composition of the air pollution in the atmosphere for a given location and time. An algorithm prediction of the pollutant concentrations can be translated into ...
studies
* studies of long-range trans-boundary transport of air pollutants
* urban air quality modelling
* providing site-specific meteorological data
The
Met Office
The Met Office, until November 2000 officially the Meteorological Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and ...
continues to conduct atmospheric dispersion and air quality research and provides a range of services to UK and international governmental bodies, research funds and commercial customers.
See also
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Accidental release source terms
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Bibliography of atmospheric dispersion modelling
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Air pollution dispersion terminology
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to air pollution dispersion:
In environmental science, air pollution dispersion is the distribution of air pollution into the atmosphere. ''Air pollution'' is the introduction ...
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Air Quality Modeling Group
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Air Resources Laboratory __NOTOC__
The Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) is an applied research laboratory in the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) which is an operating unit within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States ...
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AP 42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors
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Atmospheric dispersion modelling
Atmospheric dispersion modeling is the mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the ambient atmosphere. It is performed with computer programs that include algorithms to solve the mathematical equations that govern the polluta ...
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Atmospheric Studies Group
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List of atmospheric dispersion models
Atmospheric dispersion models are computer programs that use mathematical algorithms to simulate how pollutants in the ambient atmosphere disperse and, in some cases, how they react in the atmosphere.
US Environmental Protection Agency models
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UK Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee
References
Further reading
www.crcpress.comwww.air-dispersion.com
External links
UK Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee (ADMLC) web siteAir Resources Laboratory (ARL)Met Office web site
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Air pollution in the United Kingdom
Air pollution organizations
Atmospheric dispersion modeling
Governmental meteorological agencies in Europe
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