This page should be read in conjunction with How Plume Plotter Works. It provides more details specific to the Western Sydney version of Plume Plotter.
Buildings were not included in the model because insufficient detail was given in [1].
These are taken from [1]:
The following values are used for albedo, Bowen ratio and roughness length. None of these are specified in [1]:
The emission rates of pollutants are taken from [1]:
Pollutant | Emission rate per second |
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Oxides of nitrogen | 12.64 g |
The background levels of pollutants are taken from [1]:
Pollutant | Background concentration per m3 |
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Oxides of nitrogen | 21.6 μg |
Weather data is taken from METAR reports from a local airport: Richmond.
Upper air data is the latest reported by the Moree Mo upper air station.