The Australian Air Quality Forecasting System: the use of green scenarios of motor vehicle usage as an educational tool.
The Australian Air Quality Forecasting System (AAQFS) is one of several newly emerging, high-resolution, numerical air quality forecasting systems. The system is briefly described. A public education application of the air quality impact of motor vehicle usage is explored by computing the concentration and dosage of particulate matter less than 10 microm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) for a commuter traveling to work between Geelong and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, under "business-as-usual" and "green" scenarios. This application could be routinely incorporated into systems like AAQFS. Two methodologies for calculating the dosage are described: one for operational use and one for more detailed applications. The Clean Air Research Programme-Personal Exposure Study in Melbourne provides support for this operational methodology. The more detailed methodology is illustrated using a system for predicting concentrations due to near-road emissions of PM10 and applied in Sydney.
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Martin
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Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. martin.cope@csiro.au
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Lilley
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001315:Australia; D003256:Community Participation; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D004493:Education; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D001335:Vehicle Emissions; D014887:Weather
D000393:Air Pollutants; D001335:Vehicle Emissions