CALINE 2 : an improved microscale model for the dispersion of air pollutants from a line source
by
 
Ward, Charles E.

Title
CALINE 2 : an improved microscale model for the dispersion of air pollutants from a line source

Author
Ward, Charles E.

Personal Author
Ward, Charles E.

Publication Information
Washington : Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Offices of Research and Development ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1977.

Physical Description
vii, 102 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series
Report - Federal Highway Administration ; FHWA-RD-77-74.
 
Report ; no. FHWA-RD-77-74.

General Note
Cover title.
 
Prepared by California Department of Transportation, Office of Transportation Laboratory, Sacramento, Calif., under contract no. DOT-FH-11-7730.
 
Interim report, issued June 1977.

Contents
Introduction -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Implementation -- Mathematical assumptions -- Data format assumptions -- Sensitivity analysis -- Chronological development of California line source models -- Preliminary verification -- Applications -- References -- Appendix A: Air quality manual modification number 9.

Abstract
In order for transportation planners and engineers to evaluate the air quality impact of a proposed project, mathematical means are required to describe the dispersion of air pollutants from a line source. CALINE2, the California Line Source Dispersion Model, is presented and discussed as one such mathematical approach. CALINE2 is based on the generalized Gaussian dispersion theory, and simulates the dispersion of carbon monoxide from a uniform line source. A sensitivity analysis of the model relates the behavior of its predictions as a function of the input parameters. A preliminary verification study using carbon monoxide data from the Los Angeles region gives the user an estimate of CALINE2's predictive capabilities. An earlier version of the model, which was distributed nationwide in 1972, is compared with the present version.

Subject Term
Air -- Pollution -- United States -- Mathematical models.
 
Carbon monoxide -- Mathematical models.

Added Author
Ranzieri, A. J. (Andrew J.),
 
Shirley, Earl G.,

Added Corporate Author
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development.
 
California. Office of Transportation Laboratory.


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
Civil EngineeringBookB023917TD883.1 .W37 1977Transportation Collection