Open AccessSupplemental mathematical formulations, Atmospheric pathway: The Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS)
Author(s) -
Jasha Droppo,
J.W. Buck
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/219395
Subject(s) - pollutant , hazardous waste , hazardous air pollutants , environmental science , component (thermodynamics) , air pollutants , environmental engineering , computer science , air pollution , engineering , waste management , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , organic chemistry
The Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS) is an integrated software implementation of physics-based fate and transport models for health and environmental risk assessments of both radioactive and hazardous pollutants. This atmospheric component report is one of a series of formulation reports that document the MEPAS mathematical models. MEPAS is a ``multimedia`` model; pollutant transport is modeled within, through, and between multiple media (air, soil, groundwater, and surface water). The estimated concentrations in the various media are used to compute exposures and impacts to the environment, to maximum individuals, and to populations