UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau

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The UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau is part of the Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself) which is the UK's national weather and meteorological service. The meteorologists in the bureau are among the UK's leading experts in areas such:

1 Consultancy services
2 Further reading
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Consultancy services

The bureau has a team of air quality specialists dedicated to providing advice, support, and consultancy service to industry, government, local authorities and private consultants. The team has particular expertise with long and short range atmospheric pollution dispersion modelling using the NAME, AERMOD, ADMS, BOXURB and other dispersion models.

The bureau's consultancy services include:

height assessments of industrial stacks discharging airborne pollutants
long-term environmental impact studies of airborne pollutant emissions
scenario modelling and analyses of accidental releases of airborne pollutants
air pollution forecasting studies
studies of long-range trans-boundary transport of air pollutants
urban air quality modelling
providing site-specific meteorological data

[edit] Further reading

For those who are unfamiliar with air pollution dispersion modelling and would like to learn more about the subject, it is suggested that either one of the following books be read:

Turner, D.B. (1994). Workbook of atmospheric dispersion estimates: an introduction to dispersion modeling, 2nd Edition, CRC Press. ISBN 1-56670-023-X. www.crcpress.com