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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Complex Terrain/Model Development (CTMD) program is a multi-year study to develop, evaluate, and refine models for calculating ground-level air pollutant concentrations that result from large emission sources located in mountainous terrain. Presently, the focus of the program is to develop models for simulating one-hour average plume impingement concentrations during stable atmospheric conditions.
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Schiermeier, F.A., Lavery, T.F., DiCristofaro, D.C. (1986). Meteorological Events that Produced the Highest Ground-Level Concentrations During Complex Terrain/Field Experiments. In: De Wispelaere, C., Schiermeier, F.A., Gillani, N.V. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application V. NATO · Challenges of Modern Society, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9125-9_7
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