ISC3 - Industrial Source Complex Model

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ISC3 - Industrial Source Complex Model
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Summary

Abstract: (Summary adapted from EPA.)

ISC3 (Industrial Source Complex Model) a steady-state Gaussian plume model
which can be used to assess pollutant concentrations from a wide variety of
sources associated with an industrial complex. This model can account for the
following: settling and dry deposition of particles; downwash; point, area,
line, and volume sources; plume rise as a function of downwind distance;
separation of point sources; and limited terrain adjustment. ISC3 operates in
both long-term and short-term modes.

http://www.epa.gov/scram001/dispersion_alt.htm#isc3

Description: Model is available for download from here.

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Users Guide of ISC3 available here in PDF format.

Description: Metadata on the SCREEN3 model is available here.

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Support Center for Regulatory Air Models Home Page.

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Dispersion modeling uses mathematical formulations to characterize the
atmospheric processes that disperse a pollutant emitted by a source. Based on
emissions and meteorological inputs, a dispersion model can be used to predict
concentrations at selected downwind receptor locations. These air quality
models are used to determine compliance with National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS), and other regulatory requirements such as New Source Review
(NSR) and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations. These
models are addressed in Appendix A of EPA's Guideline on Air Quality Models
(also published as Appendix W of 40 CFR Part 51), which was originally
published in April 1978 to provide consistency and equity in the use of
modeling within the U.S. air quality management system. These guidelines are
periodically revised to ensure that new model developments or expanded
regulatory requirements are incorporated.

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Receptor Models

Receptor models are mathematical or statistical procedures for identifying and
quantifying the sources of air pollutants at a receptor location. Unlike
photochemical and dispersion air quality models, receptor models do not use
pollutant emissions, meteorological data and chemical transformation mechanisms
to estimate the contribution of sources to receptor concentrations. Instead,
receptor models use the chemical and physical characteristics of gases and
particles measured at source and receptor to both identify the presence of and
to quantify source contributions to receptor concentrations. These models are
therefore a natural complement to other air quality models and are used as part
of State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for identifying sources contributing to
air quality problems. The EPA has developed the Chemical Mass Balance (CMB) and
UNMIX models as well as the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) method for use
in air quality management. CMB fully apportions receptor concentrations to
chemically distinct source-types depending upon the source profile database,
while UNMIX and PMF internally generate source profiles from the ambient data.

Description: The American Meteorological Society/Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory
Model Improvement Committee (AERMIC) was formed to introduce state-of-the-art
modeling concepts into the EPA's air quality models. Through AERMIC, a modeling
system, AERMOD, was introduced that incorporated air dispersion based on
planetary boundary layer turbulence structure and scaling concepts, including
treatment of both surface and elevated sources, and both simple and complex
terrain.

There are two input data processors that are regulatory components of the
AERMOD modeling system: AERMET, a meteorological data preprocessor that
incorporates air dispersion based on planetary boundary layer turbulence
structure and scaling concepts, and AERMAP, a terrain data preprocessor that
incorporates complex terrain using USGS Digital Elevation Data. Other
non-regulatory components of this system include: AERSCREEN, a screening
version of AERMOD, and AERSURFACE, a surface characteristics preprocessor.

Service Citation

Title: ISC3 - Industrial Source Complex Model
Provider: EPA
URL: http://www.epa.gov/scram001/dispersion_alt.htm#isc3

Service Keywords

MODELS >REGULATORY MODELS

MODELS >ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY MODELS

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >AEROSOLS

ATMOSPHERE >AIR QUALITY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT

Project

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program

Use Constraints The promulgation package which establishes AERMOD as the preferred air
dispersion model in the Agency's "Guideline on Air Quality Models" (Appendix W)
in place of the ISC3 air dispersion model was signed by the Administrator of
the US EPA on October 21. The package was then submitted to the Federal
Register office and was published November 9, 2005.

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Ancillary Keywords

Air Quality Models
EPA

Service Provider

EPA/TTN/SCRAM > Support Center for Regulatory Air Models, Technology Transfer Network, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Service Organization URL: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/scram/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: DENNIS ATKINSON Phone: 919-541-0518 Fax: 919-541-0044 Email: atkinson.dennis at epa.gov Contact Address: US EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) Technology Transfer Network Mail Code D143-02 City: Research Triangle Park Province or State: NC Postal Code: 27711 Country: USA

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: Electronic/Download
Distribution_Size: 1.7MB or 390KB
Distribution_Format: ZIP
Fees: None

Personnel

DENNIS ATKINSON
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 919-541-0518
Fax: 919-541-0044
Email: atkinson.dennis at epa.gov
Contact Address:
US EPA
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
Technology Transfer Network
Mail Code D143-02
City: Research Triangle Park
Province or State: NC
Postal Code: 27711
Country: USA

TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2003-02-04
SERF Last Revision Date: 2007-05-10

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