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The UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau is part of the Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself) which is the UK's national weather and meteorological service. The meteorologists in the bureau are among the UK's leading experts in areas such:
- meteorology
- air quality studies and forecasting
- air pollution dispersion modelling
- industrial emissions
Consultancy services
The bureau has a team of air quality specialists dedicated to providing advice, support, and consultancy service to industry, government, local authorities and private consultants. The team has particular expertise with long and short range dispersion modelling using the NAME, AERMOD, ADMS, BOXURB and other dispersion models.
The bureau's consultancy services include:
- height assessments of industrial stacks discharging airborne pollutants
- long-term environmental impact studies of airborne pollutant emissions
- scenario modelling and analyses of accidental releases of airborne pollutants
- air pollution forecasting studies
- studies of long-range trans-boundary transport of air pollutants
- urban air quality modelling
- providing site-specific meteorological data
Further reading
For those who are unfamiliar with air pollution dispersion modelling and would like to learn more about the subject, it is suggested that either one of the following books be read:
See also
- Accidental Release Source Terms
- Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling Books
- Air Quality Modeling Group
- Air Resources Laboratory
- AP 42 Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors
- Atmospheric dispersion modeling
- Category:Air dispersion modeling
- Compilation of atmospheric dispersion models
- Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Met Office
- National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark
- NILU, Norwegian Institute of Air Research
- UK Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee
External links
- UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau web site
- UK ADMLC web site
- Air Resources Laboratory (ARL)
- Air Quality Modeling Group
- Met Office web site
- Error propagation in air dispersion modeling
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