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Main Title Evaluation of the EPA Complex Terrain Dispersion Model (CTDMPLUS) with the Lovett Power Plant Data Base.
Author Perry, S. G. ; Paumier, J. O. ; Burns, D. J. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab. ;National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD. Air Resources Lab. ;Computer Sciences Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher 1991
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA/600/D-90/235;
Stock Number PB91-162503
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Air quality display model ; Mathematical models ; Plumes ; Complex terrain ; Atmospheric diffusion ; Environmental transport ; US EPA ; Guidelines ; Performance evaluation ; Concentration(Composition) ; Meteorology ; Complex Terrain Dispersion Model ; CTDMPLUS model ; Rough Terrain Diffusion Model
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NTIS  PB91-162503 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The conference preprint describes the results of the first performance evaluation of the Complex Terrain Dispersion Model (CTDMPLUS), which is currently being considered by the USEPA as a regulatory guideline model. The CTDMPLUS performance is also compared with that of Rough Terrain Diffusion Model (RTDM). For the one-year Lovett Power Plant data base, where plume impaction is fairly uncommon, CTDMPLUS tends to overpredict the high end of the concentration distribution by about a factor of two for 1-hour, 3-hour, and 24-hour averages. In comparison, RTDM overpredicted the high concentrations by about a factor of five.