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CALPUFF
AIR DISPERSION MODELING WORKSHOP
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Topics |
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- Introduction of objectives in puff air dispersion
modeling
- Review of data sources: meteorology and
geophysical data, field data and prognostic models as inputs
- Dispersion factors, Gaussian equations,
Monin-Obukov length
- The need for refined air dispersion models:
CALPUFF
- Essential theory and related topics
- Meteorological data processing: SMERGE,
PMERGE, READ62
- Terrain data processing: TERREL, CTGCOMP,
CTGPROC, MAKEGEO
- Hands-on
case studies using CALPUFF View
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Dates & Locations
(United States) |
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May 14-16, 2008 |
San Francisco, California |
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Objectives |
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| This course is intended for air
quality professionals who require a knowledge of puff air dispersion
modeling approaches and techniques. This course builds upon essential
ADM concepts demonstrating the potential for accurate results at small
and
large scales or in regions of immense complexity. At the end of
the course the attendee should be able to use the appropriate
model necessary for a variety of regulatory applications, efficiently
using
the model at-hand. Case studies will be used throughout the course
giving "real world" applicability to atmospheric dispersion
theory.
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| Who
Should Attend |
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| Air quality
professionals in environmental consulting companies, government agencies,
and other corporate environmental engineers involved, or planning to be involved,
in the prediction of the impact caused by sources of air pollution.
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| Benefits
to Participants |
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Learn
how to use CALPUFF View, including pre- and post-processors
for CALMET, CALPUFF, and CALPOST.
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Understand
the models for regulatory and research applications.
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Apply
what you learn in interactive case studies using various
scenarios including: screening analysis, basic CALPUFF
analysis, visibility analysis, analysis with chemical transformation
and advanced dispersion parameters, analysis of near-field
impacts in regions of complex terrain.
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| Registration
and Fee |
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| To
register contact Lakes Environmental Software:
Phone: 519-746-5995
Fax: 519-746-0793
E-mail: training@weblakes.com
Fee: 3-day
course - US$ 1,395(Order
Form)
1. Early Registration: 10% off total cost for 30-day
advance registration.
2. Government Discount*: EPA & State regulators
US$ 837.00*
* Discounts 1 will not apply to 2 |
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| Included
in the Fee |
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Fee includes daily computer use,
course notes, and the latest versions of EPA models presented during the
course with associated documentation.
Each course attendee will receive a
full license of:
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Screen View: Calculates ground-level pollutant concentration
estimates for a single source (screening model).
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WRPLOT View: Generates wind rose plots for your meteorological
data.
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Percent View: Generates percentile concentrations for the ISCST3,
AERMOD, or ISC-PRIME results and computes rolling averages.
A 10% discount will be applied
to CALPUFF View software purchases received within 90 days.
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| Course
Instructors |
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Dr. Jesse L. Thé, from Lakes
Environmental, is a mechanical engineer with 15 years of
experience in thermal fluid applications. Dr. Thé received his Doctoral
degree in 1993 from the University of Waterloo, where he worked with
computational fluid dynamics and the numerical prediction of
environmental
fluids.
He is the president and founding partner of Lakes Environmental
Software and has been a reviewer of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency - APTI Courses. Dr. Thé is the main author of the
commercial software packages: ISC-AERMOD View, CALPUFF View,
Screen View, SLAB View, and CALRoads View, among others.
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| Course
Outline |
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DAY 1
| 09:00
- 09:15 |
Introductions |
| 09:15
- 10:30 |
Stability Class and
Mixing Height |
| 10:30
- 10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45
- 11:15 |
Puff vs. Plume |
| 11:15
- 11:30 |
Deposition |
| 11:30
- 12:00 |
Screening Analysis
- Met data processing |
| 12:00
- 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30
- 14:30 |
Screening Analysis
- Sources & receptors using CALPUFF & CALPOST |
| 14:30
- 15:00 |
Refined Analysis
- Wind fields (CALMET) |
| 15:00
- 15:15 |
Break |
| 15:15
- 15:45 |
Met Processing |
| 15:45
- 16:30 |
Terrain Processing |
DAY
2
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Review of Day 1 (Stability
Class, Mixing Height, Terrain) |
| 09:15 - 09:45 |
Turbulence |
| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Another look at CALMET
and RUN |
| 10:15 -
10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
How to read/modify a wind
field and what it tells you |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Wind field QA |
| 12:00 -
13:30 |
Lunch
(optional tutorial on graphic display and contouring) |
| 13:30 - 13:45 |
Basic parameters for a
simple CALPUFF run |
| 13:45 - 14:30 |
Basic CALPUFF run (concentration
only) & CALPOST basics |
| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Overview of 'how things
get complex' |
| 15:00
- 15:15 |
Break |
| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Visibility Analysis - what
particulates can do |
| 15:45 - 16:30 |
Setting up and running
a visibility analysis |
DAY 3
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Review of Day 2 |
| 09:15 - 09:45 |
Review of FLAG, IWAQM,
etc. |
| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Review visibility analysis
from Day 2 |
| 10:15 -
10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Chemical transport and
transformations |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
CALPUFF run with MESOPUFF
II and deposition |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Plume rise & dispersion |
| 12:00 -
13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:00 |
Completing the CALPUFF
run |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
CALPOST options |
| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Graphic display and reporting |
| 15:00 -
15:15 |
Break |
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Complex terrain, coastal,
other unique instances |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Questions, model comparisons,
etc. |
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