model inputs and federal guidance
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Model Inputs and Federal Guidance. Cristina Gonzalez-Maddux ITEP, Research Specialist. Cristina Gonzalez-Maddux ITEP. What are our inputs?. Fundamental inputs: source data (EI) and met data. What is being emitted and in what quantities??. Are these “named” pollutants according to the CAA??. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cr i s t ina Gonza lez -MadduxITEPMODEL INPUTS AND
FEDERAL GUIDANCECRISTINA GONZALEZ-MADDUXITEP, RESEARCH SPECIALIST
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WHAT ARE OUR INPUTS?
• Fundamental inputs: source data (EI) and met data
What is being emitted and in what quantities??
Are these “named” pollutants according to the CAA??
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Clockwise from upper left hand corner: Coning plume, Fanning plume, Fumigation, Lofting plume, Looping plumeSource: US EPA, APTI Lesson 4 – Vertical Motion and Atmospheric Stability
Coning Fanning
Fumigation
Lofting
Looping
Where are the pollutants headed? How fast? What’s the plume doing?
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MODEL INPUTS AND CONSIDERATIONS• Meteorological data• RECALL: Wind speed and direction; Ambient temperature,
Differential temperature; Atmospheric stability class (A-G); Mixing height; Surface roughness
• Receptor Coordinates (x, y, z)• Options: Grid (C/P), Discrete receptors (C/P),
Plant boundary (C/P), Fenceline grids, Multi-tier grids
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POLLUTANT RECEPTORS
Above: Chemical manufacturing plantUpper right: Eulerian photochemical model – Boylan et al. 2002, Atmos. Env.
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RECEPTORS – REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
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RECEPTORS – REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
Near-field: < 1 km from mine siteRed Cliff Mine in Mesa and Garfield counties, COResource: Coal
Photo: Oxbow Coal Mine Somerset, CO
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MODEL INPUTS• Source type• Point• Square, rectangular,
circular, polygon area• Volume• Open pit• Line• Flare
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MODEL INPUTS
• Site Data• Geographic location• i.e. Proximity to coast
• Topography – simple v. complex
• Source - Stack data• Diameter• Exit temperature (Ts) and velocity (Vs) • Pollutant emission rate (Q)• Stack height• Stack diameter
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OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING MODEL SELECTION AND OUTPUT
• Temporal and spatial scales • seconds or hours; 10 km or 1000 km
• Pollutant transport (mobile or stationary; fixed or moving frame)
• Atmospheric turbulence• Met conditions (quiescent v.
turbulent)• Topography• Pollutant type (i.e. stable or
reactive)• Source types (line, area, volume)
Modified from APTI 410
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AERMOD PRE-PROCESSORS
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CALPUFF PRE-PROCESSORS
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AERMODGaussian plume modelSteady state modelWithin 50 km Preprocessors
AERMET (Met preprocessor) – Surface and Upper air data
AERMAP (Terrain processor) – Terrain files
BPIP (building downwash) Input parameters:
o Met datao Buildings o Sourceso Receptorso Averaging periods
CALPUFF• Gaussian puff model• Non-steady state model• > 50 km• Preprocessors▫ CALMET▫ Geophysical preprocessors▫ Met preprocessor▫ CALPUFF (dispersion model)▫ CALPOST (post-processor)
Input parameters:o Met datao Buildings o Sourceso Receptorso Averaging periods
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WHAT IS THE END RESULT?• Representative model?• Concentrations @ (x, y, z)• Data requirements • Must be representative!• Instrument siting • Data completeness• Analyze and evaluate
What is our ideal model? → one that “most accurately estimates concentrations in the area of interest”US EPA, Appendix W
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FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON AQ MODELS
Guideline on Air Quality Models (‘‘Guideline’’)• 40 CFR Ch. I (7–1–99 Edition), APPENDIX W TO PART
51—GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY MODELS• What is the Guideline?• “The Guideline recommends air quality modeling techniques
that should be applied to State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions for existing sources and to new source reviews, including prevention of significant deterioration (PSD).”
• Newest Edition: August 1, 1999• First Published: 1978 (recall CAA enacted in 1977)• Congress “mandated consistency & encouraged
standardization of model applications”• Regulatory app of AQ models – Criteria pollutants under the
CAA
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CAA – APPENDIX W
• “Provides a common basis for estimating the air quality concentrations used in assessing control strategies and developing emission limits.”• Regularly updated:• EPA workshops• EPA cooperative agreement with the American Met
Society (representing the scientific community)• Solicitation & review of new models (privately developed
– procedure developed and published in 1980)• Ongoing research in AQ and met modeling
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CAA – APPENDIX W
• Guideline provides recommendations on: • air quality models• databases• requirements for concentration estimates • the use of measured data in lieu of model estimates, and • model evaluation procedures
• “…intended for use by EPA Regional Offices in judging the adequacy of modeling analyses performed by EPA, State and local agencies and by industry.”
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SAMPLE REFERENCE DOCUMENTS• Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems (Vol. IV Meteorological Measurements)• Ambient Monitoring Guidelines for PSD• Meteorological Monitoring Guidance for Regulatory
Modeling Applications
EPA-454/B-08-002
EPA-450/4-87-007EPA-454/R-99-005
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SAMPLE REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
• Model-specific guidance documents• δύσκολο να κατανοήσουμε!
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FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS
• NEPA Guidance: BLM, USFS, USDOT, FTA, state DOTs, regional transportation districts, municipalities • i.e. USFS guidance docs for smoke, oil and gas,
ski areas, planning “The Clean Air Act and subsequent amendments give Federal land managers an ‘affirmative responsibility’ to protect Air Quality Related Values in Class 1 areas and to protect human health and basic resource values in all areas.” - USFS
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