Tracers and Dispersion of Gaseous Pollutants

URGENT Air Project No GST/02/1974 – Duration: 2/9/1998 - 31/8/2001.

Contents

  1. Project overview
  2. People
  3. Data collection
  4. Data summary
  5. Other related URGENT projects

1. Project overview

This project aims at characterising the dispersion of gaseous pollutants within and from cities. The methodology followed includes the determination of an effective experimental technology based on tracers release and monitoring (by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry).

See also the project summary at the Central URGENT Web Site and the final Project Technical Report (PDF document of 89 pages).

2. People

Principal investigator Prof Peter Simmonds Bristol
Data manager Dr Kim Cooke Bristol
Other team members Dr Graham Nickless Bristol Administrative support
Dr Brian Greally Bristol Occasional replacement for Dr Kim Cooke

3. Data collection

Location Birmingham City (West Midlands)
Dates 1 July 1999
1 February 2000
2 August 2000
Nature of data Release rate and monitored concentration of PMCH and PMCP used as tracers.
Instrument GC-MS-NICI

4. Data summary

A table is available, which displays details of dates and places of the experiments and nature of the data collected.

5. Other related URGENT projects

GST/02/1981 Observation, Modelling and Management of Urban Air Pollution - Ground-based measurements of meteorological and chemical data at urban and suburban sites in and around the West Midlands
GST/02/2231 Universities Weather Research Network (UWERN) Urban Meteorology Programme - Micrometeorology and wind tunnel experiments.