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REGIONAL AIR QUALITY AND ACID DEPOSITION MODELING AND THE ROLE FOR VISUALIZATION
Citation:
Novak, J.H. AND R. Dennis. REGIONAL AIR QUALITY AND ACID DEPOSITION MODELING AND THE ROLE FOR VISUALIZATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-91/274 (NTIS PB92124247), 1991.
Description:
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses air quality and deposition models to advance the scientific understanding of basic physical and chemical processes related to air pollution, and to assess the effectiveness of alternative emissions control strategies. his paper provides a brief technical description of several regional scale atmospheric models, their current use within EPA, and related data analysis issues. patial analysis is a key component in the evaluation and interpretation of the model predictions. hus, we highlight several types of analysis enhancements focusing on those related to issues of spatial scale, user access to models and analysis tools, and consolidation of air quality modeling and graphical analysis capabilities. e discuss our initial experience with a Geographical Information System (GIS) pilot project that generated the initial concepts for the design of an integrated modeling and analysis environment. nd finally, we present current plans to evolve this modeling/visualization approach to a distributed, heterogeneous computing environment which enables any research scientist or policy analyst to use high performance visualization techniques from his/her desktop.
