Research

Air Quality Modelling and Dispersion

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New South Wales and Queensland dust storms [24/09/2009] Animations and explanation of the storms

AirWatch - The CSIRO toolkit

• AirWatch - a schools and community program of hands-on learning and investigations of air pollution issues.
  • Measuring winds aloft
  • Running a weather station
  • Wind trajectory analyses
  • Odour as a source indicator
  • Particle Sampling
  • Sampling for Nitrogen Dioxide
  • Pollen and Air Quality
  • Measuring Visual Air Quality
  • Material Safety Data

Atmospheric Pollution Online models and interactive examples in JavaScript

• Meandering plumes
  see how convective turbulence disperses a plume in the mixing layer
• Peak to mean concentrations
  what will the peak ground-level concentration be, given the mean value?
• Mixing layer height by latitude, cloud, etc.
  what is the height of the mixing layer, surface heat flux throughout the day?
• Convective scaling for plume dispersion
  estimating the maximum ground-level concentration from a chimney plume is simple in daytime convective conditions
  Photochemical smog model
  estimate smog levels throughout the day using an Integrated Empirical Rate Model
• Coastal fumigation model
  in a sea breeze, pollutant plumes can steadily mix to the ground for hours. What are the expected concentrations?

Australian Air Quality forecasting System

• AAQFS
• AAQFS animation
• AAQFS reports and references archive
• Australia-wide dust and fire-smoke forecast
• Dustnet members

Simulation of Fumigation in a water tank

• This laboratory simulation shows 'fumigation' of air pollution

Slide Presentations

• Local-scale air pollution models
• Urban-scale air pollution models
  • Contact Julie Noonan

• The Mathematics of Whiffs and Pongs(Based on a presentation at the Enviro2000 Odour Conference, Sydney)
  • Contact Michael Borgas

Studies

• The Kwinana Coastal Fumigation Study
  Complex meteorology of shoreline environments can adversely affect dispersion of air pollutants. »more
• The Pasminco Port Pirie Smelter Study
  Port Pirie's famous land mark - the Tall Stack, was built in 1979 to overcome air pollution in the town. »more

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Modified: 25/09/09