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    Lakes Environmental Software
    
    The model that is right for you depends on what type of data you will be processing and what kind of model standards you need to adhere to.
    
    See this section for more information
- AERMOD View
  - AERMOD View
    
    Gaussian Plume Air Dispersion Model
    
    Category: Air Dispersion Modeling
    
    AERMOD View is our most commonly used air dispersion model and is applicable to a wide range of buoyant or neutrally buoyant emissions up to a range of 50km.
- AERSCREEN View
  - AERSCREEN View
    
    Screening Air Dispersion Model for AERMOD
    
    Category: Air Dispersion Modeling
    
    AERSCREEN View is a screening-level air quality model based on the US EPA AERMOD model which estimates worst-case ground level concentrations for a single source.
- AUSTAL View
  - AUSTAL View
    
    Lagrangian Particle Tracking Air Dispersion Model
    
    Category: Air Dispersion Modeling
    
    AUSTAL View is a Lagrangian particle tracer model. Widely used in Germany, AUSTAL is capable of modeling complex wind fields and transient behavior.
- AQMIS Cloud
  - AQMIS Cloud
    
    Air Quality Management Information System
    
    Category: Emissions Managment
    
    The Air Quality Management Information System (AQMIS) is a state-of-the-science cloud solution for emissions management and air quality used by regulatory agencies and facilities around the world.
- CBRNE Web
  - CBRNE Web
    
    Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear & Explosive Model
    
    Category: Emergency Release
    
    CBRNE Web provides proven off-the-shelf Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & Explosive (CBRNE) modeling and forecast solutions. Our CBRNE Web focus on integrating the underlying state-of-science models within existing CBRNE command and control systems.
- CALPUFF View
  - CALPUFF View
    
    Long Range Transport Puff Air Dispersion Model
    
    Category: Air Dispersion Modeling
    
    CALPUFF View is a non-steady state Gaussian puff model, suitable for long range transport, atmospheric chemistry, visibility and scenarios with complex wind fields, such as coastal and complex terrain areas.
- CALRoads View
  - CALRoads View
    
    Traffic Air Dispersion Model
    
    Category: Air Dispersion Modeling
    
    CALRoads View is a traffic dispersion model specifically designed for modeling emissions from vehicles. CALRoads can model timed intersections, parking lots and account from traffic patterns.
- EcoRisk View
  - EcoRisk View
    
    Ecological Risk Assessment Program
    
    Category: Risk Assessment
    
    EcoRisk View is an advanced ecological risk assessment program for conducting a comprehensive multi-pathway risk assessment based on the US EPA Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment Protocol (SLERAP).
- FETS Web
  - FETS Web
    
    Compliance Assurance Monitoring Model
    
    Category: Compliance Assurance
    
    FETS Web is a real time model which can show the relation between emissions and concentrations using forecast meteorological data.
- IRAP-h View
  - IRAP-h View
    
    Human Health Risk Assessment Program
    
    Category: Risk Assessment
    
    IRAP View is an advanced human health risk assessment program for conducting a comprehensive multi-pathway risk assessment based onbased on the US EPA Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol (HHRAP).
- SEVEX View
  - SEVEX View
    
    Emergency Release Dense Gas Model with Complex Terrain
    
    Category: Emergency Release
    
    SEVEX View is an advanced 3D complex terrain gas model. This state-of-art model is extraordinarily powerful, capable of providing realistic modeling of complex three dimensional emergency releases.
- SLAB View
  - SLAB View
    
    Emergency Release Dense Gas Model
    
    Category: Emergency Release
    
    SLAB View is a graphical user interface for the SLAB model. The SLAB model is an atmospheric dispersion model for denser-than-air releases. This model is an ideal tool to predict hazardous zones and potential impacts of accidental releases.
- TAURIA
  - TAURIA
    
    Secure Collaboration Platform for your Team
    
    Category: Cloud Based Solution
    
    TAURIA is a 3-in-1 powerful solution for messaging, file storage, and scheduling. All secured with military grade encryption technology, even against us.
- - Freeware
    
    Lakes Environmental offers the following air quality modeling freeware products:
    
    WRPLOT View: Wind Rose Plots
    
    SCREEN View: Screening Model
    
    Percent View: Percentile Plots
- Freeware
  - Freeware
    
    Lakes Environmental offers the following air quality modeling freeware products:
    
    WRPLOT View: Wind Rose Plots
    
    SCREEN View: Screening Model
    
    Percent View: Percentile Plots
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Apr 2020...

AERMOD View 9.9.0 Released!

- AERSURFACE 20060
- WebGIS NLCD Update
- Shapefile Land Use

see release notes

Feb 2020...

CALPUFF View 9.0 Released!

- New 7.3 (BETA) Models
- Spray Source Type
- Shapefile Land Use

see release notes

Oct 2019...

AERSCREEN View 2.7 Released!

- 19191 AERMOD Model Update

see release notes

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Published monthly, Lakes Environmental's e-Newsletter brings you news on the latest developments in the fields of air pollution and risk assessment.

Our e-Newsletter also includes notices of upcoming events, information on newly released Lakes Environmental software, a useful monthly modeling tip, and updates.

For samples of our monthly newsletter and modeling tips, see our most recent issues below:

Newsletters 2021 - Volume 22

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2021	Setting Stack Orientation in AERMOD View
Feb 2021	Importing Gas & Particle Data to AERMOD View
Mar 2021	Onsite Data in AERMET - Part 1: Formatting
Apr 2021	Onsite Data in AERMET – Part 2: Data File Conventions

Archive of Past Newsletters

See below for an archive of our past newsletters.

2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010

Newsletters 2020 - Volume 21

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2020	Modeling Sub-Hourly Time Steps in CALPUFF
Feb 2020	Mapping Land Use Data in Shapefile Format
Mar 2020	Customizing Land Use Properties in CALPUFF View
Apr 2020	Importing Hourly Surface Meteorological Data from Excel
May 2020	AERSURFACE 20060 in AERMET View
Jun 2020	Ontario: How to Handle Missing Elevations in AERMOD
Jul 2020	Using Annotations in Lakes Software Applications
Aug 2020	Post-Processing Lead Concentrations in AERMOD with LEADPOST
Sep 2020	Adding or Importing Chemicals to SLAB View
Oct 2020	Distance Limitations of AERMOD
Nov 2020	Graphical Options: Contour Cut Off
Dec 2020	Working with Labels

Newsletters 2019 - Volume 20

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2019	Using the Background Data File Maker Utility in CALPUFF View
Feb 2019	AERMET View’s Upper Air Estimator
Mar 2019	Import Sources from Excel to AERMOD View
Apr 2019	Using the Lakes Project Backup Utility
May 2019	Defining Domain in AERMAP
Jun 2019	AERMET View’s Surface Met Data QA
Jul 2019	Import Discrete Receptors to AERMOD View
Aug 2019	Using the New AERSURFACE Utility
Sep 2019	Plant Blanking Boundary Layer
Oct 2019	AERMOD’s New RLINE Source Type
Nov 2019	Processing GeoTIFF Terrain Files for Ontario in AERMOD View
Dec 2019	Modeling Urban Sources in AERMOD

Newsletters 2018 - Volume 19

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2018	When Numerical Values Are Outside AERMOD’s Default Threshold
Feb 2018	Choosing Pollutants in AERMOD
Mar 2018	Choosing Pollutants in CALPUFF
Apr 2018	Idenifying Risk Receptors in IRAP-h View™
May 2018	Source Contributions in CALPUFF
Jun 2018	Modeling NO2 in AERMOD – ARM2
Jul 2018	Reading AERMOD SFC File Headers
Aug 2018	Creating Modeling Scenarios in AERSCREEN View
Sep 2018	Identifying COPCs with IRAP-h View
Oct 2018	Creating Projects from MMIF Output in CALPUFF View
Nov 2018	Sensitive Receptor Summary Report in CALPUFF View
Dec 2018	Creating Projects from MMIF Output in AERMET View

Newsletters 2017 - Volume 18

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2017	Tracking AERMOD and AERMET Versions
Feb 2017	How to Change Executables in AERMOD View
Mar 2017	Time Series Output from AERMOD
Apr 2017	Assessing Surface Meteorological Data Quality in AERMET
May 2017	Import Existing Project Data to AERMOD View
Jun 2017	Working with External Source Files in CALPUFF View
Jul 2017	Processing Low Wind Speeds in AERMET
Aug 2017	Running AERMOD & AERMOD MPI on a Second Computer
Sep 2017	Sensitive Receptor Summary Report in AERMOD View
Oct 2017	AERMOD’s Potential Temperature Profile Elevation
Nov 2017	AERMET Time Zone Adjustment Factors
Dec 2017	Working with the Plots Tab in AERMOD View

Newsletters 2016 - Volume 17

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2016	Updates to SRTM Terrain Elevation Data
Feb 2016	New Parameter Summary Reports in CALPUFF View
Mar 2016	Removing Plant Receptors in AERMOD View
Apr 2016	CALPOST’s New NO₂/NO_X Ratio Option
May 2016	Modeling Roads in CALPUFF
Jun 2016	Posting Concentrations in AERMOD View
Jul 2016	Customize AERMOD’s Output Units
Aug 2016	Coordinate Converter
Sep 2016	Importing Base Maps into Lakes Software
Oct 2016	Importing & Exporting Traffic Data in CALRoads View
Nov 2016	Defining Custom Sectors in WRPOLT View
Dec 2016	Modifying Model Output Units in CALRoads View

Newsletters 2015 - Volume 16

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2015	Understanding AERMOD’s Profile Met File
Feb 2015	Long Term Averages in AERMOD
Mar 2015	AERMOD Output: When Did a High Value Occur?
Apr 2015	Using Flagpole Receptors in AERMOD
May 2015	New Percentile Utility in CALPUFF View
Jun 2015	AERMET View Land Use Creator for AERSURFACE
Jul 2015	Automated Coastline Download in CALPUFF View
Aug 2015	Create Plume Animations in AERMOD View
Sep 2015	Reporting Individual Annual Averages from a Multi-Year Run in AERMOD
Oct 2015	Modeling Fumigation with AERSCREEN View
Nov 2015	Changing Executables in AERMOD View and AERMET View
Dec 2015	5-Minute ASOS Data in AERMINUTE

Newsletters 2014 - Volume 15

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2014	Importing Line Volume and Line Area Sources in AERMOD View
Feb 2014	Change the Default Text Editor
Mar 2014	Create Plume Animations in CALPUFF View
Apr 2014	Creating Sloped Roof Buildings
May 2014	Creating Hourly Emission Rate Files in AERMOD View
Jun 2014	Working with Overlays
Jul 2014	Debug Files in AERMOD
Aug 2014	Using Models Check in CALPUFF View
Sep 2014	Import Group Links in CALRoads View
Oct 2014	Common Upper Air Data Errors in AERMET
Nov 2014	AERMOD EVENT Processing
Dec 2014	Copying Projects

Newsletters 2013 - Volume 14

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2013	Time Zone Adjustments in AERMET
Feb 2013	Outdated Meteorological Data in AERMOD
Mar 2013	Puff Tracking in CALPUFF View
Apr 2013	Export Threshold-Exceeding Receptors in AERMOD View
May 2013	How to Model Rain-Capped Stacks in AERMOD View
Jun 2013	MULTYEAR in AERMOD
Jul 2013	Receptor Elevation Options in AERMOD View
Aug 2013	Hourly Concentration Output in CAL3QHCR
Sep 2013	W320 Message in AERMOD
Oct 2013	Parameter Limits in CALPUFF
Nov 2013	Importing Group Links to CALRoads View
Dec 2013	How to Change Executables in CALPUFF View

Newsletters 2012 - Volume 13

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2012	Modeling 1-hour NO₂ and 1-hour SO₂ with AERMOD View™
Feb 2012	Exporting to Google Earth with SLAB View™
Mar 2012	Wind Rose Visualization for CALMET using CALPUFF View™
Apr 2012	Running Lakes AERMOD MPI on a Second Computer
May 2012	Modeling Haul Roads with Line Sources using AERMOD View
June 2012	Combining CALPUFF Model Output with CALSUM
July 2012	AERMOD View - Counting Exceedances with Flagpole Heights
Aug 2012	Converting Multiple Coordinates at Once
Sep 2012	Automatically Download Worldwide Geo-Referenced Base Maps
Oct 2012	Run AERMAP MPI for Faster Terrain Processing
Nov 2012	Plot Colored Contour Lines
Dec 2012	Reviewing AERMOD Warnings & Errors with a Text Editor

Newsletters 2011 - Volume 12

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2011	Minimum Requirements for AERMOD Surface Meteorological Data File
Feb 2011	Compatibility of Some US EPA Models with 64-Bit Operating Systems
Mar 2011	Using AERMOD View to Model 1-Hour NO2 NAAQS
Apr 2011	Showing File Extensions in Windows
May/Jun 2011	Visualize Windroses in Google Earth Using WRPLOT View
Jul 2011	Run AERMINUTE Using AERMET View
Aug 2011	Create Project Backup with Lakes Software Products
Sep 2011	Adding Background Concentrations to Results in AERMOD View
Oct 2011	Modeling Inert Gases with CAL3QHC & CAL3QHCR Models
Nov 2011	Using the New MAKEMET Utility in AERMOD View
Dec 2011	How to Change Executables in AERMOD View™

Newsletters 2010 - Volume 11

Issue	Modeling Tip
Jan 2010	Automatic Import of Terrain in AERMOD View
Feb 2010	Near Structures in BPIP
Mar 2010	Removing Plant Receptors in AERMOD View
Apr 2010	Calculation of the N02 Standard
May 2010	Comparing Wind Roses using WRPLOT View
Jun 2010	Modeling PM2.5 Concentrations in AERMOD
July 2010	Downloading NED Terrain Data
Aug 2010	Tanks in AERMOD
Sep 2010	Finding Information on NCDC Meteorological Stations
Oct 2010	Modeling Cooling Towers in AUSTAL View
Nov 2010	Downloading Terrain Data in NED Format for Use in AERMOD
Dec 2010	Not included this month

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Archive of Past Newsletters

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Newsletters 2019 - Volume 20

Newsletters 2018 - Volume 19

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Newsletters 2016 - Volume 17

Newsletters 2015 - Volume 16

Newsletters 2014 - Volume 15

Newsletters 2013 - Volume 14

Newsletters 2012 - Volume 13

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