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USER-FRIENDLY SCREENING MODEL FOR POINT-SOURCE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Citation:
Turner, D. USER-FRIENDLY SCREENING MODEL FOR POINT-SOURCE IMPACT ASSESSMENT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-86/062 (NTIS PB86176369).
Description:
A user-friendly air quality simulation screening model coded in FORTRAN is described and sample use is shown for point source impact assessment. The model was developed and tested on a personal computer and can be run interactively on a mainframe. Any of five dispersion techniques: (1) wind fluctuations, (2) Briggs urban, (3) Briggs rural, (4) Pasquill-Gifford, or (5) Brookhaven can be used. Plume rise can be calculated either by Briggs 1975 techniques, currently included in models used for regulatory purposes, or by techniques which calculate plume rise layer-by-layer and consider partial penetration. Maximum ground-level concentration downwind or concentrations at specific locations can be estimated. Receptor locations can be specified in four ways: (1) specific downwind distance, (2) downwind and crosswind location, (3) distance and azimuth from the source, or (4) Cartesian coordinates of both source and receptor. The model provides ground-level estimates for a single stack or groundlevel source.