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Main Title Evaluation of rural air quality simulation models : addendum B : graphical display of model performance using the Clifty Creek data base /
Author Cox, W. M. ; Moss, G. K. ; Tikvart, J. A. ; Baldridge, E.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Cox, William M.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. ;Computer Sciences Corp., Durham, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA-450/4-83-003 b; EPA/450/4-83/003B
Stock Number PB86-148426
OCLC Number 17445637
Subjects Air quality management--United States--Simulation methods ; Air--Pollution--United States--Mathematical models
Additional Subjects Electric power plants ; Air pollution ; Mathematical models ; Evaluation ; Rural areas ; Sulfur dioxide ; Statistical data ; Air quality
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000N25W.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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Status
EKBD  EPA-450/4-83-003b Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 08/27/1999
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 450-4-83-003b Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 450-4-83-003B Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB86-148426 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vi, 51 leaves : ill., 1 map ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The addendum uses a variety of graphical formats to display and compare the performance of four rural models using the Clifty Creek data base. The four models included MPTER (EPA), PPSP (Martin Marietta Corp.), MPSDM (ERT) and TEM-8A (Texas Air Control Board), Graphic displays were developed and used for both operational evaluation and diagnostic evaluation purposes. Plots of bias of the average vs station downwind distance by stability and wind speed class revealed clear patterns of accentuated underprediction and overprediction for stations closer to the source. PPSP showed a tendancy for decreasing overprediction with increasing station distance for all meteorological subsets while the other three models showed varying patterns depending on the meteorological class. Diurnal plots of the bias of the average vs hour of the day revealed a pattern of underestimation during the nocturnal hours and overestimation during hours of strong solar radiation with MPSDM and MPTER showing the least overall bias throughout the day.
Notes
Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. "August 1985." "EPA-450/4-83-003b." Bibliography: leaf 25. Source Receptor Analysis Branch, Monitoring and Data Analysis Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.