Building Downwash in Air Quality Modeling

Chair(s)

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  George Schewe, MS Atmospheric Science, QEP, CCM

  Principal Meteorologist
  Trinity Consultants, IN

Co-Chair(s)

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  Tony Schroeder, CCM, QEP

  Principal Consultant
  Trinity Consultants, OH

Presentations:

• 8:00am - 8:20am ET

  Building Downwash Case Study with EPA’s Draft BPIPPRM Tool
  

  Primary Author: Brian Otten – Trinity Consultants

  Co-Author: Tony Schroeder, CCM, QEP – Trinity Consultants
• 8:20am - 8:40am ET

  Changes in AERMOD Concentrations Due to Different Building Downwash Representations in BPIPPRM
  

  Primary Author: Leslie Fifita, B.S. Engineering – Providence Engineering
• 8:40am - 9:00am ET

  Equivalent Building Dimensions of a Tall Narrow and Porous Structure
  

  Primary Author: Michelle Seguin, PhD – RWDI

  Co-Author: Martin Gauthier – RWDI

  Co-Author: Brian G. Sulley, P.Eng. – RWDI

  Co-Author: Mike Craig – RWDI

  Co-Author: Niko Veriotes, P.Eng., C.Chem., BCEE – Lafarge Canada
• 9:00am - 9:20am ET

  Evaluation of AERMOD Dispersion and Wake Computations Versus Wind Tunnel and Balko, OK Field Observations
  

  Primary Author: Ron L. Petersen, PhD, CCM – Petersen Research and Consulting

  Co-Author: John J. Carter – CPP, Inc.

  Co-Author: William Lin, MESc, PhD – CPP

  Co-Author: Jim Paumier – Consultant
• 9:20am - 9:40am ET

  Upgrading Air Quality Regulatory Models Using Wind Tunnel Experiments
  

  Primary Author: Ron L. Petersen, PhD, CCM – Petersen Research and Consulting

  Co-Author: James Paumier – Consultant

  Co-Author: John J. Carter – CPP, Inc.

  Co-Author: William Lin, MESc, PhD – CPP