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Air
Pollution & Risk Assessment - the monthly newsletter which
brings you the latest developments in the emissions, air pollution,
GIS, and risk
assessment fields, as well as information on upcoming events and
products. |
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| TRIBAL EMISSIONS INVENTORY SYSTEM |
The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP), from
the Northern Arizona University has selected 2 companies to evaulate
the accuracy and usability of the new Tribal Emissions Inventory
Software Solution (TEISS).
This 3rd party testing will result in the most tested and reliable
GIS-based emissions inventory system currently available.
TEISS is based on Lakes Environmental's emissions inventory and
GIS technologies. TEISS will be used at hundreds of locations in the U.S.A. Some of the features include:
- Completely integrated GIS – no need to purchase additional software.100% ESRI compatible.
- Powered by a complete Geospatial Database Engine (FGDC Compliant)
- Integrated data handling with US EPA emissions estimation models including TANKS, WATER9, LANDGEM, NONROAD and others.
- Comprehensive emissions estimation calculator toolset (hundres of calculators) based on industry standard approaches including AP-42,
EIIP, and NEI.
- Custom emissions estimation creation tool – design and implement alternative estimation methods.
- Reporting and Transmittal tools, including electronic NIF2.0 and NIF3.0 formats.
- SVG report generation.
For more information, and additional features, please visit:
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| http://www.weblakes.com/EmissionsView/ |
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| NEW FASTER MAP COVERAGE DATA AVAILABLE |
| Lakes Environmental
is converting extensive land use, roads, hydrography, railroads, and other digital coverages into SVG maps. This
data will become available Fall 2003 at WWW.WEBGIS.COM.
SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics, and is a new XML-based graphics
file format. With the capability to create vector and mixed vector/raster
graphics, this data-driven image format provides dynamic, interactive
high-quality graphics with that can be displayed in Windows, Linux, Pocket PCs, Palms, Web browsers, and other devices.
Lakes Environmental SVG technology will allow shapefiles, LULC, DXF, and
other geo-referenced vector to be reduced 10 times or more in size. It
also reduces the load on webserver processing by delegating tasks to the
client browser.
The most common approach to viewing and working with SVG is through
a web browser. To view a sample map generated by Lakes
Environmental, please visit the web page below:
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| http://www.weblakes.com/SVG/ |
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| MORE EXTENSIVE METEOROLOGICAL DATA |
| More freely available complete world coverage will added to
WWW.WEBMET.COM in the coming months. Upcoming data includes:
- 1990 MM4 coverage for the USA -> Ideal for CALPUFF runs.
- 1992 MM5 Coverage for the USA -> More CALPUFF compatible data.
- 1996 MM5 Coverage for the USA -> Free for CALPUFF View Users.
- Precipitation data for the USA -> CALPUFF compatible data.
- World Coverage -> Ideal for use with ISCST3 / AERMOD / CALPUFF
Watch WebMET.com as data becomes available:
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| http://www.webmet.com |
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| DID YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A SUPERCOMPUTER IN YOUR OFFICE? |
| Lakes Environmental
has developed an Intranet system that can use all of your company's computers. Imagine the wasted computer processing
time across all of the computers in your office. You can now incorporate
all computers' maximum processing power for those large projects. Complete
you analyses in a fraction of the time it would take on a single machine,
while maintaining the flexibility to still use your computer without
interruption.
For further information please visit:
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| http://www.weblakes.com/supercomputing/ |
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| STUDY: TREES GROW BIGGER IN BIG APPLE |
| Scientists who set out to gauge the impact of urban pollutants on
trees have made a surprising discovery -- trees planted near New York City's congested mean streets actually grow twice as large
as their rural counterparts. |
| http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/07/09/ozone.trees.ap/index.html |
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| NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS TREES ARE BAD CARBON SINKS |
| New research about the ability of forests to act as carbon sponges
could deal a blow to Kyoto targets, as, far from soaking up carbon dioxide, trees may already have all that they need. |
| http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/7310.cfm |
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| EPA TO REVISIT RELAXATION OF AIR POLLUTION RULES |
| Just when it appeared that the nation's manufacturers and refineries
had won a major relaxation of air pollution rules, the Bush administration late last week agreed to reconsider provisions of
the new regulations in response to legal pressure from state attorneys general and environmental groups. |
| http://www.charleston.net/stories/072803/wor_28air.shtml |
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| EXPERTS GATHER TO DISCUSS AIR POLLUTION CRISIS IN ASIA |
| Key Asian cities face serious problems with air pollution which if
left unresolved could cost the region billions of dollars annually in health costs and lost economic output... |
| http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/07/22/2003060435 |
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| RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING PESTICIDE SUBSTITUTE |
| Auburn University researchers say they've developed a substitute
pesticide for methyl bromide, a widely used pest, weed and plant disease killer that's being phased out because it damages the ozone. |
| http://www.enn.com/news/2003-07-22/s_6779.asp |
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| STUDY: POLLUTION CHANGES SHAPE OF ATMOSPHERE |
| Greenhouse gases and industrial pollution are not only changing the
makeup of the atmosphere, but altering its structure. |
| http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0703/25atmoshift.html |
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| AIR
DISPERSION MODELING COURSES - ISCST3, AERMOD, AND ISC-PRIME |
| Learn the essentials of air dispersion modeling with today's leading
models. These 2-day courses consistently receive outstanding reviews
from attendees.
Sep 11-12, Toronto, Ontario
Sep 22-23, 2003 - Chicago, Illinois
Oct 16-17, 2003 - San Francisco, California
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Course
Instructors:
- Roger Brode and Jim Paumier of Pacific Environmental
Services (PES), the developers of the ISCST3 and AERMOD codes, under contract from the U.S. EPA.
- Russell Lee the coordinator of the development of these codes while working for the U.S. EPA
- Dr. Jesse Thé from Lakes Environmental, the developer of ISC-AERMOD View, the leading
interface for the ISCST3, ISC-PRIME and AERMOD air dispersion
models.
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| http://www.weblakes.com/courses.html |
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| ABOUT
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| This newsletter contains information gleaned from various sources on the
web, with complete links to the sources cited. Organizations cited are
in no way affiliated with Lakes Environmental.
Lakes Environmental is a leading environmental IT company which offers a
complete line of air dispersion modeling, risk assessment, and emergency
release software as well as training and custom software services. With
satisfied users located around the globe, Lakes Environmental will continue
to revolutionize the environmental software field.
For more information we invite you to visit our web site at:
http://www.weblakes.com
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