Lakes Software recently announced its acquisition of the CALPUFF modeling system from Exponent. Because Lakes’ CALPUFF View interface is well known throughout the modeling community, some modelers were not aware of the differences between this application and the stand-alone modeling system. This tip will explain the relationship between the modeling system and the CALPUFF View interface.
We previously discussed a fundamental limitation of the CALPUFF modeling system which places finite limits on how many objects and calculations the various system executables can handle in a single project.
Lakes Software’s commercial applications all feature a similar look and feel. This familiarity allows users to easily execute a variety of air dispersion models even when accessing a brand-new product for the first time. The image below uses AERMOD View to demonstrate the key components of each Lakes Software application.
When conducting an air dispersion modeling analysis, modelers may want to know not just what the value of the maximum concentration is but also how frequently concentrations exceed some upper limit or threshold. The U.S. EPA AERMOD air dispersion model comes with an option to extract these exceedances: the Threshold Violation File or MAXIFILE. Lakes Software’s AERMOD View application goes a step further and automatically counts those exceedances so that modelers can easily determine the frequency of such violations.
We previously discussed a fundamental limitation of the CALPUFF modeling system which places finite limits on how many objects and calculations the various system executables can handle in a single project.
We previously discussed a fundamental limitation of the CALPUFF modeling system which places finite limits on how many objects and calculations the various system executables can handle in a single project.