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Mol workshop:

3rd workshop on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes

Papers presented


Below is a list of papers presented during the workshop in Mol in November 1994.
The list is based on the final proceedings which have been published in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Volume 5, Nos. 4-6, 1995.

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Contents

Preliminary session: Model validation with the Manno datasets

Session 1: EIA modelling in Europe: country reviews

Session 2: EIA modelling in Europe: practical applications

Session 3: Model validations and intercomparisons

Session 4: Presentation and evaluation of the workshop’s benchmarking


The proceedings of the Mol workshop (IJEP) contains the following papers

Preliminary session: Model validation with the Manno datasets

Evaluation of HPDM with the Kincaid dataset
S. Hanna and J. Chang (USA)

Large eddy simulation and practical models
I. Bouwmans, J. Meeder and F. Nieuwstadt (The Netherlands)

Model evaluation of the Austrian Gaussian model ON M9440: comparison with the Kincaid dataset
U. Pechinger and E. Petz (Austria)

A puff-particle dispersion model
P. de Haan and M. Rotach (Switzerland)

Lagrangian particle model (LAMBDA): evaluation against tracer data
E Ferrero, D. Anfossi, G. Brusasca and G. Tinarelli (Italy)

Evaluation of the Gaussian puff model based on measurements
I. Sandu (Romania)

ADMS, the atmospheric dispersion modelling system: comparisons with data from Kincaid, Lillestrøm and Copenhagen
D. Carruthers, H. Edmunds, K. Ellis, C. McHugh, B. Davies and D. Thomson (UK)


Session 1: EIA modelling in Europe: country reviews

Overview of the use of atmospheric dispersion models for environmental impact assessment in Flanders
V. Debroey (Belgium)

Regulatory dispersion modelling in Denmark
H. Olesen (Denmark)

Environmental atmospheric impact assessment modelling in France
P. Mestayer and C. Sacré (France)

Atmospheric dispersion models for regulatory purposes in the Federal Republic of Germany. Part I: Regulatory modelling
J. Pankrath (Germany)

Atmospheric dispersion models for regulatory purposes in the Federal Republic of Germany. Part II: the current situation.
M. Schatzmann (Germany)

Dispersion models in Greece
J. Bartzis (Greece)

Regulatory atmospheric short and medium range dispersion models in Italy
M. Cirillo and G. Graziani (Italy)

The Netherlands national model for short-range dispersion of air pollutants
J. van Ham (The Netherlands)

Atmospheric dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes in the UK
R. Timmis (UK)

Application of dispersion models in the environmental assessment process in the UK
R. Barrowcliffe (UK)

Regulatory models for environmental impact assessments in Hungary
D. Szepesi, K. Fekete and L. Gyenes (Hungary)

The main principles of atmospheric diffusion modelling for regulatory purposes in Russia
M. Berlyand (Russia)


Session 2: EIA modelling in Europe: practical applications

Balancing simplicity with accuracy in the use of dispersion modelling in the United States
D. Schulze (USA)

Applications of regulatory diffusion models in Russia
E. Genikhovich (Russia )

Atmospheric impact of a municipal wastes incinerator
J. Baldasano and L. Cremades (Spain)

Environmental impact assessment of industrial development at Gladstone, Australia
W. Physick, P. Hurley and P. Manins (Australia)

Application of dispersion models for evaluating the influence of urban air pollution on human health
E. Valkonen, J. Härkönen, J. Kukkonen, E. Rantakrans and L. Jalkanen (Finland)

Sulphur dioxide dispersion from a main point source in Portugal: comparison between models
C. Borrego, S. Thomaz and A. Miranda (Portugal)

Modelling surface pollutant concentrations in the city of Zürich
M. Werfeli (Switzerland)

Dispersion modelling in Northrhine-Westphalia: regulations, guidelines and pragmatic approaches
M. Wichmann-Fiebig (Germany)

Operational short-range analytical air pollution modelling
T. Tirabassi and U. Rizza (Italy)

An operational dispersion model for predicting pollution from a road
J. Häkönen, E. Valkonen, J. Kukkonen, E. Rantakrans, L. Jalkanen and K. Lahtinen (Finland)

Estimation of the contribution to air-quality degradation in Athens of major elevated sources
G. Kallos, A. Papadopoulos, M. Yarinou and P. Kassomenos (Greece)

A meteorological database for next-generation dispersion models, and a Lagrangian particle model based on kinematic simulation theory
E. Reimer, B. Scherer and W. Klug (Germany)

An overview of the REDIPHEM project
N. Duijm, B. Stork, M. Nielsen and S. Ott (The Netherlands)

Assessment and validation of the SEVEX project
F. Ronday, E. Everberg, T. Bourouag, J. Deliege, J. Dzisiak, C. Delvosalle, J. Levert, F. Benjelloun, G. Schayes and J. Castel-Branco (Belgium)

Real- time tracking of accidental atmospheric releases : LOSTRAC software
J. Flori, P. Mestayer and C. Sacré (France)

The plume model MODIS: integration in the Hydro-Quebec shell
O. Krueger, D. Eppel, S. Levesque and G. Lefebvre (Germany)

Comparison between dispersion parameters deduced from wind fluctuations and Pasquill values: application to a short-range urban pollution case
A. Coppale, P. Paranthoen, L. Rosset, V. Delmas, A. Francois and M. Hamida (France)

Evaluation of airborne heavy metal pollution from European sources
M. Galperin and M. Sofiev (Russia)


Session 3: Model validations and intercomparisons

Datasets and protocol for model validation
H. Olesen (Denmark)

Application of different dispersion models to a site near the Belgian-Dutch border
H. Erbrink and H. Tieben (The Netherlands) and G. Cosemans (Belgium)

Comparisons of models with data: effects of averaging time as indicated by sonic anemometer measurements
R. Lewis, T. Staples and J. Lewis (UK)

Methodology for a comparative evaluation of two air-quality models
R. Lee and J. Irwin (USA)

Comparison of six Gaussian dispersion models used for regulatory purposes in different countries of the EU
G. Maes, G. Cosemans, J. Kretzschmar, L. Janssen and J. Van Tongerloo (Belgium)

Comparisons of dispersion calculations between TA Luft and a method based on more complex model combination (FITNAH/LPDM)
E. Dittman, U. Pflüger, R. Thehos, M. Balrusch and M. Buchen (Germany)


Session 4: Presentation and evaluation of the workshop’s benchmarking

The model validation exercise at Mol: overview of results
H. Olesen (Denmark)

The Third Workshop's environmental impact assessment model intercomparison exercise
G. Cosemans, J. Kretzschmar, L. Janssen and G. Maes (Belgium)

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