CALPUFF Training

by Barry
(Calgary)

The developer of this model, Joe Scire at TRC Solutions, periodically announces training courses in collaboration with The University of South Florida College of Public Health – Sunshine Education and Research Center (ERC) will be presenting a three-day CALPUFF modeling course in Tampa, Florida on March 10-12, 2010. A second course will be held with the Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Sezione di Pisa on March 30 through April 1, 2010 in Pisa, Italy.

Tampa, Florida – March 10-12, 2010
University of South Florida College of Public Health/ERC
Computer Lab B
13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33612
USA
Instructors: Joseph S. Scire and Jenny Barclay

Pisa, Italy – March 30-April 1, 2010
Hotel Santa Croce in Fossabanda
Piazza Santa Croce, 5
56125 Pisa
Tuscany, Italy
Instructors: Joseph S. Scire and Christelle Escoffier-Czaja

2011 Update
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

April 4 - 7, 2011

3-Day Introductory Course, 1-Day Advanced Session

Sponsored by the Clean Air Society of Australia and
New Zealand (CASANZ)

BOULDER, COLORADO

March 14-16, 2011

3-Day Course

CALPUFF is a Guideline Model recommended for regulatory use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other international regulatory agencies. CALPUFF is used in a wide variety of applications by registered users in over 105 countries throughout the world. In the training course, the various applications of the model will be described, including the use of CALPUFF for the prediction of ambient pollutant concentrations, visibility impacts, and wet/dry deposition analyses. The model’s application to near-field (few tens of meters) and far-field problems (hundreds of kilometers) will be presented. There are substantial new developments in the CALPUFF Graphical User Interface (GUI) called CALPRO Plus. This includes model evaluation software, back trajectory analysis, new plotting capabilities including the development of Google Earth-compatible displays with overlaying concentration contours and 3-dimensional buildings and stacks. For more information on the modeling system and the courses see our web site (http://www.src.com/calpuff/schedule.htm).

The CALPUFF courses are designed to make experts in CALPUFF out of researchers, consultants, regulatory agency personnel and industrial environmental staff involved in modeling or reviewing applications of air quality models. The courses include both technical material describing the formulation and assumptions in the model, and hands-on work solving case study problems, including a coastal application, a complex terrain case, a sub-hourly accidental release scenario, a regional haze visibility problem using the new FLAG (2008) methods and a cooling tower visible plume case study. A discussion of the new worldwide MM5 dataset that is available for modeling will be discussed as well.

The course will cover introductory material but will also include advanced topics including a special session at the Tampa course on an assessment of recent draft IWAQM modeling guidance. A discussion of meteorological model evaluation techniques and software tools will be presented at the course. The course does not assume prior experience with the model. Presentation of the new technical developments, model evaluation results and new features of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) will be of interest to experienced as well as new users.

The course instructors are part of the CALMET/CALPUFF model development team. They have given more than 65 CALPUFF training courses over the past 12 years. Registration forms, a course outline and information on hotels can be obtained from the Atmospheric Studies Group web site: (http://www.src.com/calpuff/schedule.htm) or contact:

Heidi Gagnon
TRC Environmental Corporation
650 Suffolk Street
Lowell, MA 01854
USA

Tel: (978) 656-3661
Fax: (978) 656-3652
Email: hgagnon@trcsolutions.com or asg@trcsolutions.com

The course fee of $1,300 (Tampa) and 1,300 Euros (Pisa) includes three days of training, an electronic training manual, a set of case study problems and datasets, copy of presentation material, electronic technical papers and reference documents, and a CALPUFF DVD containing the latest versions of the CALPro Plus GUI, CALPUFF modeling system programs, processors, terrain & land use datasets covering the most of the world, and electronic versions of the User's Guides. Access to PC computers for the hands-on portion of the course is included. See the registration forms for details. Lunch each day and morning and afternoon refreshments and snacks are included in the registration fee.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Joe Scire
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Joseph S. Scire, CCM
TRC
Vice President, Atmospheric Studies Group,
Wannalancit Mills, 650 Suffolk Street,
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854

tel: (978) 656-3627
cell: (978) 697-0830
fax: (978) 453-1995

email: jscire @trcsolutions.com
or jscire @alum.mit.edu (remove spaces)

From Barry - I will update this message as I receive current information. If you need CALPUFF or AERMOD modeling completed for regulatory or research purposes, please call Barry at 403-547-7557 or by email: barry.lough @ calvinconsulting.ca (remove spaces). Thank you.