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Monthly Newsletter - September 2025

Online AERMOD Training Course – Dec 9-10, 2025 - Space is Filling Fast!

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Register today for our next available 2-day online AERMOD course taking place on December 9 and 10, 2025 from 8:30am to 5:00pm (Central Time – Chicago, USA).


Register now!


Note: Due to the immense popularity of our online courses and small class sizes, we recommend registering and making payment as soon as possible to reserve your spot.


Course:

AERMOD (Dec 9-10, 2025)

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Contact:

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Just Announced – New Online AERMOD and CALPUFF Training Courses!

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We’re pleased to announce the following upcoming Online AERMOD and CALPUFF Air Dispersion Modeling Training Courses. Join us for world class training from your own home or office with our senior level air quality experts!


AERMOD: Jan 20-21, 2026

CALPUFF: Jan 27-28, 2026

AERMOD: Feb 17-18, 2026

AERMOD: Mar 3-4, 2026

AERMOD: Apr 7-8, 2026

AERMOD: May 12-13, 2026


Online registration is available now! Register and pay today before courses sell out!

Lakes Environmental Closed for Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday

Lakes Environmental offices will be closed on Monday, Octomber 13, 2025, to observe the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday. If you have any needs during that time, please e-mail us at support@webLakes.com. and we will contact you on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, when our offices reopen.

UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES

2025 Course Schedule

Online AERMOD
Dec 9-10, 2025
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Online AERMOD
Jan 20-21, 2026
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Online CALPUFF
Jan 27-28, 2026
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Online AERMOD
Feb 17-18, 2026
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Online AERMOD
Mar 3-4, 2026
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Online AERMOD
Apr 7-8, 2026
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Online AERMOD
May 12-13, 2026
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MODELING TIP

Running AERMOD & AERMOD MPI on a Second Computer

Did you know that a single license of AERMOD View allows you to perform multiple concurrent AERMOD runs on multiple computers? It’s true! When you install AERMOD View, several additional utility programs are included, and one of these – Batcher – allows modelers to set up a queue of model runs. Batcher can be executed from any computer where AERMOD View is installed even if the full application is not licensed.


Batcher can conduct AERMOD, ISCST3, or ISC-PRIME runs. Users populate an executable list via the Browse icon Modeling Tip picture   next to the executable drop-down list. All executables available to the main interface can be added to Batcher.


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The Batcher interface


The standard EPA executables can be run on any copy of Batcher. If a user wants to model using Lakes’ parallelized AERMOD MPI executable, a secondary web license is included with every copy of AERMOD View to allow for independent execution of AERMOD MPI via Batcher on a separate computer from wherever the main license is installed.


Activating the AERMOD MPI license only requires a few steps:


Step 1: Download and install AERMOD View and MPICH2 on the computer where you want to run AERMOD MPI.


Step 2: Open Batcher and select the menu option File | License Admin – AERMOD MPI.


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Step 3: The Web License Administration window is displayed. Specify the Serial # and Activation Key for AERMOD MPI you received by email and press the Activate button.


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Step 4: A message is displayed stating that the license was successfully activated. Press OK and close the License Admin window.


Note: You do not have to activate the AERMOD MPI license in the computer where you already have the full AERMOD View activated. The AERMOD MPI Web License is a second activation for another computer to run the AERMOD MPI executable via Batcher.


Once activated, you can add AERMOD MPI executables to your executable list, select the desired version, and identify how many processors you want to use (maximum of 8).


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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS ARTICLES

Summer Heat Lingers in the West

September 5, 2025 - September 2025 kicked off with a stretch of unseasonably high temperatures across much of western North America. New heat records were set in British Columbia, Canada, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest as a zone of high pressure known as an omega block settled over the region for several days.



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Simpler Models Can Outperform Deep Learning at Climate Prediction

September 4, 2025 - Environmental scientists are increasingly using enormous artificial intelligence models to make predictions about changes in weather and climate, but a new study by MIT researchers shows that bigger models are not always better.



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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

2026 Conference Schedule

56th Annual Conference of the National Association for Clean Air
Oct 1-3, 2025 | East London, South Africa

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