Some examples of plume models etc. were in a GrowingGRASS column
about two issues ago. They might be a place to start.
Doing practices at the DCMR Environmental Department of the Rijnmond area
in the Netherlands (Rotterdam and surroundings), I am starting a minor project
to model the spread of air pollution. Some BASIC programs exist (and also in
other languages like C), which could provide a basis for doing this.However, none of the programs is fully satisfactory, having problems in
involving elementary atmospheric variables (like the wind velocity).
Furthermore, it won't be enough to model the spread of air pollution, the aim
of the project is to locate the source of air pollution complaints, that are
centrally registered at the DCMR.Therefore, I would like to request:
-Does someone have experience in programming these kinds of models ?
(Not necessarily in GRASS.)
-Could he/she provide me some clues (or more), how to do this ?
-How could I include the basic atmospheric variables? Probably, problems
will arise, due to the occurrence of atmospheric conversion layers in
the summer time; is there a way to get around these problems (or should I
ignore them and accept these limitations) ?I very much appreciate any help.
Marc Groenenboom
Internet: bdatyd@dcmr.nl
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