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Listed here are downloadable versions of recent papers and articles concerning CERC software and other CERC research, presentations etc. Further articles are available in hard copy from CERC (full list)- please contact us if you require off-prints.  All online documents are in pdf format - please use the link to download the Acrobat reader if necessary.

 

The advantages of ADMS:

Discussion paper on why ADMS is superior to other available industrial source models


About ADMS:

  • RhodeIsland_Final.ppt - paper presented at the AWMA's recent conference on modelling (Reference #3)

  • ADMS3UserGroup-Fluctuations.ppt - paper presented at the 2001 ADMS 3 User Group meeting on the importance of fluctuations, and their use with ADMS 3 (Reference #2)

  • Comments on Model Inter-Comparison Reports pdf

  • Response to AQMAU studies pdf


ADMS 4 Validation papers:

  • Buildings: AGA experiment. pdf
  • Buildings: Alaska North Slope tracer study. pdf
  • Buildings and Complex Terrain: Baldwin power plant. pdf
  • Buildings: Bowline point site. pdf
  • Complex Terrain: Cinder Cone Butte tracer experiments. pdf
  • Complex Terrain: Clifty Creek power plant. pdf
  • Buildings: EOCR study. pdf
  • Complex Terrain: Hogback Ridge tracer experiments. pdf
  • Flat terrain: Kincaid, Indianapolis and Prairie Grass experiments. pdf
  • Buildings: Lee power plant wind tunnel study. pdf
  • Complex Terrain: Lovett power plant. pdf
  • Buildings and Complex Terrain: Martins Creek steam electric station. pdf
  • Buildings: Millstone nuclear power plant. pdf
  • Buildings: Robins and Castro wind tunnel experiments. pdf
  • Buildings: Snyder wind tunnel experiments. pdf
  • Complex Terrain: Tracy power plant. pdf
  • Buildings: Warehouse fires wind tunnel experiments. pdf
  • Complex terrain: Westvaco corporation. pdf

 


ADMS 3 Technical Specification (2005) Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants. Index page

Chinese version of the ADMS 3 Technical Specification. pdf.

Discussion of the Building modules in ADMS 3 and PRIME


ADMS 4 User Guide:

  • Manual: Instructions and worked examples (10 MB) pdf

  • What's New in ADMS 4? (100kb) pdf

ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Roads validation papers:

  • Validation of ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Roads Against M4 and M25 Motorway Data pdf

  • Validation of ADMS-Roads Using the Caltrans Highway 99 Data Set pdf

  • Comparison of ADMS-Roads, CALINE4 and UK DMRB model pdf


EMIT:

  • Manual: EMIT 2.3 user guide (6MB) pdf

Dispersion of air pollution in Urban Areas of the UK.

Research project sponsored by DEFRA. Documentation available to download includes:


NSCA Spring Workshop Presentation:


ADMLC (UK Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee) Workshop Presentation:

  • Developments in Short Range Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling pdf


Carruthers DJ, Sheng X and McHugh CA (2005)  Comparison between the Chinese EIA Guidelines for Air Dispersion Modelling and the Advanced Air Dispersion Model ADMS. pdf

McHugh CA, Sheng X and Carruthers DJ (2005)  Using ADMS models for Air Quality Assessment and Management in China. pdf

Carruthers DJ, Dyster SJ and McHugh CA (2003)  Factors affecting inter-annual variability of NOx and NO2 concentrations from single point sources. Clean Air and Environmental Protection vol. 33, no. 1, pp 15-20. pdf

Carruthers DJ, Dixon P, McHugh CA, Nixon SG, and Oates W. (1999) Determination of Compliance with UK and EU Air Quality Objectives From High Resolution Pollutant Concentration Maps Calculated Using ADMS-Urban. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (Volume 16, Nos. 1-6, 2001). pdf

McHugh CA, Carruthers DJ, Higson H & Dyster SJ (1999) Comparison of Model Evaluation Methodologies With Application to ADMS 3 and US Models. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (Volume 16, Nos. 1-6, 2001). pdf

KL Simms, S Wilkinson, S Bethan (1999) Odour Nuisance and Dispersion Modelling: An Objective Approach to a Very Subjective Problem Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants. pdf

Dyster SJ, Thompson DJ, McHugh CA and Carruthers DJ. (1999) Turbulent Fluctuations And Their Use in Estimating Compliance Standards And In Model Evaluation. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (Volume 16, Nos. 1-6, 2001). pdf

Robins A. and, McHugh CA  (1999) Development And Evaluation Of The ADMS Buildings Effects Module. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (Volume 16, Nos. 1-6, 2001). pdf

Hanna SR, Egan BA, Purdum J and Wagler J (1999) Evaluation of the ADMS, AERMOD and ISC3 Models with the Optex, Duke Forest, Kincaid, Indianapolis and Lovett Field Data Sets. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (Volume 16, Nos. 1-6, 2001). pdf

Carruthers DJ, Edmunds HA, Lester AE, McHugh CA, and Singles RJ (1998) Use and Validation of ADMS-Urban in contrasting Urban and Industrial Locations. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (Volume 14, Nos. 1-6, 2000). pdf

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