An Integrated approach to street canyon pollution modelling.

Addison, Paul S; Currie, John; Low, David J; McCann, Joanna M

Abstract

An integrated method for the prediction of the spatial pollution distribution within a
street canyon directly from a microscopic traffic simulation model is outlined. The traffic
simulation package Paramics is used to model the flow of vehicles in realistic traffic conditions
on a real road network. This produces details of the amount of pollutant produced by each
vehicle at any given time. The authors calculate the dispersion of the pollutant using a particle
tracking diffusion method which is superimposed on a known velocity and turbulence field.
This paper shows how these individual components may be integrated to provide a practical
street canyon pollution model. The resulting street canyon pollution model provides
isoconcentrations of pollutant within the road topography.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2000
• Deposit Date: Feb 9, 2016
• Print ISSN: 0167-6369
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-2959
• Publisher: BMC
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 65
• Pages: 333-342
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1006400406047
• Keywords: Street canyon; dispersion; pollution concentration; ; traffic microsimulation
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9512
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006400406047