CERC — Environmental Software and Services
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- ADMS-Fire
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- Emissions management
- EMIT
- Flow over complex terrain
- FLOWSTAR
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- Run Manager
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Model documentation
You will find on this page some manuals (user guides and what's new documents), technical specifications and validation studies available for download.
Official publications such as published articles, conference proceedings and talks are listed on the Publications & talks page in the Software support section.
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Quick links: ManualsTechnical specificationsValidation studies
Manuals
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| Software | User guide | What's new? document |
|---|---|---|
| ADMS 5 | User guide 5.0 (.pdf, 17MB) | What's new in ADMS 5.0? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| ADMS-Urban | User guide 3.1 (.pdf, 11MB) | What's new in ADMS-Urban 3.1? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| ADMS-Roads | User guide 3.1 (.pdf, 13MB) | What's new in ADMS-Roads 3.1? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| ADMS-Roads Extra | User guide 3.1 (.pdf, 13MB) | What's new in ADMS-Roads Extra 3.1? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| ADMS-Airport | User guide 3.1 (.pdf, 4MB) | What's new in ADMS-Airport 3.1? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| ADMS-Screen | User guide 3 (.pdf, 1MB) | - |
| GASTAR | User guide 3 (.pdf, 1MB) | What's new in GASTAR 3.2? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| ADMS-Fire | User guide 1.0 (.pdf, 5MB) | - |
| LSMS | User guide 1.0 (.pdf, <1MB) | - |
| ADMS-STAR | User guide 1.0 (.pdf, <1MB) | - |
| EMIT | User guide 3.1 (.pdf, 9MB) | What's new in EMIT 3.1? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| FLOWSTAR | User guide 7.1.4 (.pdf, 2MB) | What's new in FLOWSTAR 7.1.4? (.pdf, <1MB) |
| ADMS Mapper | User guide 1.3 (.pdf, <1MB) | - |
Technical specifications [top]
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ADMS 5
| Ref. no. | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| All technical specification documents | (.zip, 5MB) | |
| P04/05E/12 | Standard properties in ADMS | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P05/01R/12 | The Met input module | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P07/01P/12 | Output specification for mean concentration and deposition fluxes | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P07/04F/12 | Calculation of long term statistics | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P07/05F/12 | Calculation of exceedences using the Fluctuations module | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P09/01W/12 | Boundary layer structure specification | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P10/01X/12, P12/01X/12 | Plume/puff spread and mean concentration module specifications | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P10/02B/12 | Stack downwash | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P11/02P/13 | Plume rise model specification | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P13/01E/92 | The Fluctuations Module | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P13/03C/96 | Averaging time and fluctuations in ADMS versions 1 and 2 | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P13/07F/13 | Concentration fluctuations in ADMS 3 onwards, including fluctuations from anisotropic and multiple sources | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P14/01Q/13 | Complex terrain module | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P15/01I/12 | Coastline model - the thermal internal boundary layer | (.pdf, 1MB) |
| P16/01T/13 | Modelling of building effects in ADMS | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P17/06B/95 | Sources for radioactive decay data | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P17/11D/12 | Modelling radioactive decay | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P17/12F/12 | Modelling wet deposition | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P17/13G/12 | Modelling dry deposition | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P18/02I/12 | Simple chemistry | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P20/01M/12 | Calculation of γ-ray dose rate from airborne and deposited activity | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P24/01I/12 | Multiple sources, species and particle sizes | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P25/03I/12 | Implementation of area, volume and line sources | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P26/01G/13 | Plume visibility | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P26/02B/12 | Calculation of plume temperature and humidity | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| P29/01C/12 | Calculating odour levels | (.pdf, <1MB) |
| Chinese version of the ADMS 3 technical specification | (.pdf, 2MB) | |
Validation studies[top]
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ADMS 4
The ADMS 5 Validation studies will be available shortly.
- Buildings
- CERC,2011:AGA experiment.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Alaska North Slope tracer study.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Bowline point site.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:EOCR study.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Lee power plant wind tunnel study.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Millstone nuclear power plant.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Robins and Castro wind tunnel experiments.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Snyder wind tunnel experiments.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Warehouse fires wind tunnel experiments.(.pdf, <1MB)
- Buildings & complex terrain
- CERC,2011:Baldwin power plant.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Martins Creek steam electric station.(.pdf, <1MB)
- Complex terrain
- CERC,2011:Clifty Creek power plant.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Hogback Ridge tracer experiments.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Lovett power plant.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Tracy power plant.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2011:Westvaco corporation.(.pdf, <1MB)
- Flat terrain
- CERC,2011:Kincaid, Indianapolis and Prairie Grass experiments.(.pdf, 1MB)
ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Roads
- CERC,2001:Validation of ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Roads against M4 and M25 motorway data.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2001:Validation of ADMS-Roads using the Caltrans Highway 99 dataset.(.pdf, <1MB)
- CERC,2001:Comparison of ADMS-Roads, CALINE4 and UK DMRB model.(.pdf, <1MB)