User Group presentations

User group meetings are held annually, one for ADMS 6 and one for ADMS-Urban & Roads. Selected presentations from previous user group meetings are available for download below.

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ADMS 6 User Group Meeting 2025 [top] held in Bristol on Wednesday 26th November 2025
1. Amine chemistry module update, Catheryn Price, CERC
2. Data centre modelling: pitfalls and probabilities, Amy Rizzo and Gillian Cotter, Environment Agency
3. Assessing the cumulative impacts of data centre clusters, Kate Wilkins, AQC
4. ADMS 6 modelling tips, James O'Neill, CERC
5. Application of ADMS for radiological safety and discharge studies at UKAEA, Tim Xu and Adam Cooper, UKAEA
6. Air quality modelling of Stanlow refinery, Sarah Strickland, CERC
7. Assessing the impact of thermally driven flows on regulatory air dispersion modelling, Martin Seaton, CERC
8. Modelling the air quality impact of crematorium emissions, Rose Jackson, CERC
ADMS-Urban and Roads User Group Meeting 2025 [top] held in Bristol on Thursday 27th November 2025
1. Using new features of ADMS-Urban and ADMS-Roads 5.1, Chetan Lad, CERC
2. Source complexity in airport environments: ADMS-Airport modelling insights, Charlotte Aves, Arup
3. Modelling indoor air quality, David Carruthers, CERC
4. Westminster City Council's Clean Air Routes London tool, Victoria Hamilton and Molly Harrison, CERC, Dave Pettitt, Westminster City Council
5. The development of emission factors for rail and their application, Philbert Chan, RSSB and Mark Gibbs, Aether
6. Modelling health impacts of emission mitigation pathways for Oxfordshire, David Jinks, CERC and Melissa Nikkhah-Eshghi, Oxfordshire County Council
7. From compliance to challenge: the impact of new EU Directive on Riga's air quality plan, Julija Doktorova, ELLE
8. West Midlands Combined Authority air quality forecasting system, Jenny Stocker, CERC

ADMS 6 User Group Meeting 2024 [top] held in Cambridge on Wednesday 4th December 2024
1. Modelling tips: using plume centreline information, Catheryn Price, CERC
2. Review of modelling methods for restricted and horizontal stacks, Tom Lindop, Environment Agency
3. Modelling emissions of fires at Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sites, Chetan Lad, CERC
4. Modelling the impact of paint-spraying emissions, Sarah Strickland, CERC
5. Inter-comparison of local-scale nitrogen deposition models: RIVM project overview and ADMS results, Jenny Stocker, CERC
6. Modelling fugitive emissions from a large hard rock quarry, Gordon allison and Sarah Doyle, DustScan
7. Dispersion of radioactive emissions from the 1957 Windscale fire, Rossella De Sabbata, University of Bristol and Rose Jackson, CERC
8. Methane emissions flux estimation from the oil and gas industry using ADMS 6 and airborne measurements, Irene Monreal Campos and Stéphane Bauguitte, FAAM Airborne Laboratory
9. Modelling short-term fluctuations in ADMS to improve landfill methane emissions estimates, James O'Neill, CERC
ADMS-Urban and Roads User Group Meeting 2024 [top] held in Cambridge on Thursday 5th December 2024
1. ADMS-Urban & ADMS-Roads 5.1: New model features, Andrea Di Antonio, CERC
2. Modelling roadside ammonia: verification and the influence of vegetation barriers, Sioni Hole, WSP
3. Use of green infrastructure for particulate pollutant mitigation: a Latvian suburban study, Jenny Stocker, CERC
4. Optimising model setup and minimising run time, Rose Jackson, CERC
5. Vodafone's Network as a Sensor: utilising cellular infrastructure to scale low-cost air quality sensor networks, Ilaria Thibault, Vodafone
6. Improving agreement between modelling and and observations without using adjustment factors, David Jinks, CERC
7. Using variable speed and congestion data to calculate emissions in Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), Matt Williams, CERC
8. Regional monitoring data analysis: the Air Pullution Source Tool (APST), Amy Stidworthy, CERC

ADMS 6 User Group Meeting 2023 [top] held in York on Wednesday 29th November 2023
1. ADMS modelling and Net Zero, Catheryn Price, CERC
3. Effects of katabatic winds in complex terrain, David Carruthers, CERC
4. Description and evaluation of particulate deposition modelling in ADMS, Victoria Hamilton, CERC
5. Atmospheric dispersion projects at HSE and the ADMLC, Simon Gant, HSE
6. Testing modelled met data for dispersion modelling, Christina Hood, CERC
7. ADMS 6 Modelling tips: visible plumes, complex terrain and buildings, Rose Jackson, CERC
8. Dispersion modelling to calculate onsite impacts, Sarah Strickland, CERC
ADMS-Urban and Roads User Group Meeting 2023 [top] held in York on Thursday 30th November 2023
1. Modelling with ADMS-Urban & ADMS-Roads: necessities and possibilities, Chetan Lad, CERC
2. Bradford CAZ and beyond, Sally Jones & Elizabeth Bates, Bradford Council
3. Modelling the air quality impact of transport schemes in Cambridge, Matt Williams, CERC
4. Street-scale emissions inventory for Ireland, Kate Johnson, CERC
5. Coupled system modelling: Croatia and Ireland, Jenny Stocker, CERC & Darijo Brzoja DHMZ
6. Modelling of roadside ammonia concentrations and deposition, Michael Bell, Mott Macdonald
7. Calculating parameters for urban morphology using the Mapper, Brian Bien, CERC
8. Online applications of high resolution ADMS-Urban model output, Chris Johnson, CERC

ADMS 6 User Group Meeting 2022[top] held in Birmingham on Wednesday 16th November 2022
1. New Features in ADMS 6, James O'Neill, CERC
2. North Lincs Green Energy Park: Air Quality Impact Assessment, Chris Hazell-Marshall, ERM
3. Amine Modelling in ADMS 6, Martin Seaton, CERC
4. Modelling Deposition Using ADMS and the APIS GIS Map Tool, Sarah Strickland, CERC
5. BAT Assessment of Short Term Emergency Generators Following Power Plant Decommission, Emily Portergill, Arup
6. Evaluating Modelled Met Data: Does Grid Resolution Matter?, Christina Hood, CERC
7. Dispersion Modelling of Spaceport Launch Emissions, Catheryn Price, CERC
ADMS-Urban and Roads User Group Meeting 2022 [top] held in Birmingham on Thursday 17th November 2022
1. Use of an ADMS-based Regional Modelling System in Support of Improved Air Quality and Health in the West Midlands, William Bloss, University of Birmingham
2. Comparison of NO2 Concentrations Between ADMS and the Defra NOx to NO2 Calculator, David Carruthers, CERC
3. Real World Emissions in Scotland, Derek McCreadie, Transport Scotland
4. Assessing Air Quality Improvements in the City of London, Matthew Williams, CERC
5. Solutions for Clean Air, Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency in Urban Ports, Alan Wells, Redshift, and Chetan Lad, CERC
6. ADMS-Urban & ADMS-Roads Modelling Tips, Kate Johnson, CERC
7. Tools for Model Evaluation, Rose Jackson, CERC
8. Driving ADMS Using Wind and Turbulence Data from CFD Models, Jenny Stocker, CERC

ADMS User Group Meeting 2021[top] held online on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th November 2021
Day 1
1. Overview of CERC research projects, David Carruthers, CERC
2. Software and support update, Martin Seaton, CERC
3. ADMS 6: Buildings module developments, James O'Neill, CERC
4. Making the most of output points, Steve Smith, CERC
5. Modelling amine chemistry for carbon capture, Catheryn Price, CERC and Jessica Hemandez, Environment Agency
6. Air quality and working with regulators, Peter Shanahan, Stopford
7. Modelling the air quality and odour impact of a tannery, Sarah Strickland, CERC
Day 2
1. Air quality modelling for local plans, Matthew Williams, CERC
2. Application of ADMS-Roads for the Bristol Clean Air Zone Feasibility Study, Kevin Turpin, Jacobs
3. Assessing the impact of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, Charlotte Aves, CERC
4. Assessing air quality for Kensington and Chelsea, Chetan Lad, CERC
5. High-resolution source apportionment modelling using ADMS-Urban: Breathe London Pilot Project, Amy Stidworthy, CERC
6. London Plan Guidance Consultation: Air Quality Neutral and Air Quality Positive, Stephen Inch, GLA
7. Modelling and verification of CO2 emissions in Glasgow, Molly Oades, CERC
8. Using spatial splitting to optimise ADMS-Urban run times: WM-Air, Christina Hood, CERC and Jian Zhong, University of Birmingham