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1 AERMOD View Version 1996-2009 Lakes Environmental Software. All rights reserved. This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission of Lakes Environmental Software, 419 Phillip St., Unit 3, Waterloo, ON , N2L 3X2, except as specified in the Product Warranty and License Terms. LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL SOFTWARE MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL SOFTWARE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ERRORS CONTAINED HEREIN OR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL. THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. WISE View, ISC- AERMOD View, CALPUFF View, FETS View, AUSTAL View, CALR oads View, EcoRisk View, Emissions View, HIVE Grid, IRAP-h View, Mobile View, Screen View, SEVEX View, SLAB View, and SLAB 3D are trademarks of Lakes Environmental Software.

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6 ENTIRE AGREEMENT This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Lakes Environmental Software. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank all those who have helped with reviews and suggestions for the successful completion of this software. We have received useful feedback from our users and for that we are truly grateful. Our development effort was enormously facilitated by our team members: Gareth Davis Chamarie Perera Ryan Freedman Jason Redman Cheryl Porter Carley Spry Julie Swatson Igor Raskin Oleg Shatalov Christina Moulton Valeriy Smotrikov Charlie Li Lorena Suarez Inna Yankova Adrienne Dandy Cristiane Th All codes, executables, and user s guides are the intellectual property of Lakes Environmental Software. Disclaimer This document and accompanying software follow the EPA models and documentation (ISCST3, ISC-PRIME, AERMOD , AERMAP, BPIP, PCRAMMET, and AERMET) to the best of our understanding.

7 The user is responsible for checking the input data and the results for consistency. Technical Support Lakes Environmental is dedicated to providing full technical support to users under current maintenance. If you need any assistance please contact the Lakes Environmental technical support staff during our technical support hours (9:00 to 5:00 EST), Monday through Friday. Please have your serial number and Version number ready when calling us. Tel.: (519) 746-5995 Fax: (519) 746-0793 e-mail: Website: Knowledgebase: 1996-2009 Lakes Environmental Software. All Rights Reserved. Tel.: (519) 746-5995 - Fax: (519) 746-0793 AERMOD View User's Guide Table of Contents i Table of Contents Chapter 1 About AERMOD View .. 1 The AERMOD Model .. 2 About AERMOD MPI .. 2 The ISCST3 Model .. 4 The ISC-PRIME Model .. 4 Interface Overview .. 5 Chapter 2 AERMOD View Getting Started .. 7 Creating a New 7 Setting Up Projects.

8 8 Importing 9 Specifying Control Pathway Options .. 9 Specifying Sources ..10 Specifying Receptors ..10 Specifying Meteorology Pathway Specifying Specifying Terrain ..12 Specifying Output Annotating a Project ..13 Running Checking Modeling Input Files ..14 Running the Model ..15 Visualizing Your Output ..15 Viewing Model Results ..15 Changing Result Printing Results ..16 Viewing 3D Model Results ..17 Generating Reports ..17 Exporting to Google Earth ..17 Chapter 3 Input Control Pathway ..19 Dispersion Options ..19 Output Plume Depletion ISCST3 & ISC-PRIME TOXICS ISCST3 & AERMOD Output Warnings AERMOD Only ..24 Pollutant/Averaging ..24 Terrain Options ..28 NOx to NO2 ..30 1996-2009 Lakes Environmental Software. All Rights Reserved. Tel.: (519) 746-5995 - Fax: (519) 746-0793 Table of Contents AERMOD View User's Guide ii Re-Start/Multi-Year Files ..32 Event/Error Files ..35 Debug Gas Dry ISCST3.

9 38 Seasonal Categories ..39 Land Use Source Source Source Inputs ..43 Point Sources ..44 Flare Sources ..46 Area Sources ..48 Open Pit Sources ..50 Volume Circular Area Sources ..55 Polygon Area Line Building Downwash ..61 Gas & Particle Data ..64 Source Groups ..64 Auto-Generated Source Groups ..66 Urban Groups ..68 Variable Hourly Emission File ..73 Hourly Emission Rate File Format ..73 Emission Output Unit ..75 NO2 Ratio for PVMRM and OLM ..75 OLM Source Groups - Combined Plumes Modeling ..77 PSD Source Groups ..79 Receptor Receptor Terrain Options ..83 Uniform Cartesian Non-Uniform Cartesian Uniform Polar Non-Uniform Polar Multi-Tier Nested Grid Receptors ..95 Discrete Cartesian Receptors ..97 Discrete Polar Receptors ..98 Discrete ARC Receptors ..99 Cartesian Plant Boundary ..101 Polar Plant Boundary ..104 1996-2009 Lakes Environmental Software. All Rights Reserved. Tel.: (519) 746-5995 - Fax: (519) 746-0793 AERMOD View User's Guide Table of Contents iii Fenceline Importing Terrain Grid Pathway.

10 108 Terrain Grid Options ..108 TG Grid Terrain Grid Data File Format ..110 Meteorology Pathway ..112 :Met Input Data ..112 ISCST3 & ISC-PRIME ..114 Data Wind Speed Categories ..118 Wind Profile Exponents ..119 Vertical Temperature Gradients ..120 SCIM Creating and Troubleshooting Meteorological Data Output Tabular Outputs ..124 Contour Plot Files ..126 Threshold Violation Files ..130 Post-Processing Files ..132 TOXX Season Hour Rank Evaluation Files ..139 Percentiles/Rolling Average Percentiles/Rolling Average Contour Plot Files ..142 Chapter 4 Other Project Inputs ..145 Terrain Terrain Processor ..145 Terrain Processor - Terrain Tab ..146 About Terrain File Formats ..150 Terrain Processor - Region to Import Tab ..152 Terrain Processor - Import Elevations Tab ..154 Terrain Processor - Advanced Options Building Options ..156 Building Rectangular Building Polygonal Building Circular Building Running the EPA BPIP Chapter 5 Multi-Chemical Run Utility.