Evaluation of AERMOD and CALPUFF for predicting ambient concentrations of total suspended particulate matter (TSP) emissions from a quarry in complex terrain

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-145

  Tartakovsky, Dmitry ^a,b   Broday, David M ^a   Stern, Eli ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

AERMOD; CALPUFF; Complex terrain; Dispersion models; Emissions from quarries; Open pit

Indexed keywords

AERMOD; CALPUFF; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DISPERSION MODELS; OPEN PIT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; ODOR CONTROL; OPEN PIT MINING;

QUARRIES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISPERSION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OPEN PIT MINE; PREDICTION; QUARRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACCURACY; AERMOD; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALPUFF; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METEOROLOGY; MINING; QUARRY; SIMULATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOPOGRAPHY; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84877744705     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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