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Most mathematical models for the simulation of air pollution dispersion are semi-empirical approaches in which the value of some model-parameters must be experimentally determined. In the widely used bi-gaussian dispersion approach, the horizontal and vertical dispersion parameters (σy and σz) are based on a number of dispersion measurements, and for application they are determined in a turbulence typing scheme as a function of meteorological conditions and of distance. In fact, they are only valid for terrain conditions similar to these of the original tests. The dispersion parameters of some schemes are entirely based on meteorological turbulence measurements, others are based on tracer dispersion experiments. These are experiments in which an artificial tracer gas or aerosol is released under controlled conditions and the resulting ambient concentrations are measured. Validation of a model can be done using the emissions of a single or a multiple industrial source configuration and the ambient concentration measurements in the vicinities over extended time period or - usually with less experimental uncertainties like emission amount and plume rise - by using tracer dispersion experiments.
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Vanderborght, B., Kretzschmar, J.G. (1985). A Literature Study on Tracer Experiments for Atmospheric Dispersion Study. In: De Wispelaere, C. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application IV. Nato — Challenges of Modern Society, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2455-3_29
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