Input Data Needs for AERMAP

The following data is required input for AERMAP

- DEM formatted terrain data ( x_t , y_t , z_t )

- User provided receptors ( x_r , y_r , z_r ) and terrain

- Design of receptor grid; AERMAP accepts either polar, Cartesian or discrete receptors

8 APPENDIX: Input / Output Needs and Data Usage

8.1 AERMET Input Data Needs
      8.1.1 METEOROLOGY 
      8.1.2 DIRECTIONALLY AND/OR MONTHLY VARYING SURFACE
              CHARACTERISTICS 
      8.1.3 OTHER
      8.1.4 OPTIONAL
8.2 Estimation of solar insolation for small solar elevation angles
8.3 Selection and Use of Measured Winds, Temperature and Turbulence in AERMET
      8.3.1 THRESHOLD WIND SPEED 
      8.3.2 REFERENCE TEMPERATURE AND HEIGHT
      8.3.3 REFERENCE WIND SPEED AND HEIGHT 
      8.3.4 CALCULATING THE POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT
              ABOVE THE MIXING HEIGHT FROM SOUNDING DATA
      8.3.5 MEASURED TURBULENCE
      8.3.6 DATA SUBSTITUTION FOR MISSING ON-SITE DATA 
8.4 Information Passed by AERMET to AERMOD
8.5 Restrictions on the Growth of PBL Height 
8.6 Initializing the Mechanical Mixing Height Smoothing Procedure
8.7 Determining The Mixing Height When the Sounding Is Too Shallow
8.8 Input Data Needs for AERMAP
8.9 Information Passed by AERMAP to AERMOD 
8.10 Wind Speed & Turbulence Limits Used in Model Calculations
8.11 Using Profiles for Interpolating Between Observations 
8.12 Using Measured Mixing Heights

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