Author(s)

D.J. Carruthers, H.A. Edmunds, C.A. McHugh, P.J. Riches, R.J. Singles

Abstract

Under the (UK) Environment Act 1995, each local authority in the UK has a duty to review and assess air quality. Modelling is one of the tools available to Environmental Health Officers to assist in this process. Many of the models available are, however, difficult to use and often do not reflect the current understanding of dispersion within the atmospheric boundary layer. ADMS Urban is an example of a new generation of Windows based systems which aims to bring the latest modelling techniques to the non-specialist user. At the heart of the system is an extensively validated, receptor specific model (ADMS) for calculating concentration from point, line, area and volume sources. This is enhanced by an integrated street canyon model der

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