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Black carbon dispersion modelling systems for Modena (CHIMERE, GRAMM, GRAL, VERT)

Simulation 14 MB

Source code of four modelling systems (CHIMERE, GRAMM, GRAL, VERT) for black carbon dispersion over Modena. Useful for urban air-quality and microscale dispersion modelling.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.13255628
Licence
GPL-3.0+ Copyleft open-source licence: use and change it freely, but share any distributed changes under the same licence.
Size
14 MB

How to cite

Veratti, G. (2024). Advanced Tools for Black Carbon Dispersion Modelling [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13255628

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Details

Resource
Software & tools
Method
Mesoscale model, RANS
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Dispersion & air quality
Quantities
Concentration
Codes / models
CHIMERE, GRAMM, GRAL
Location
Modena, Italy · more from Italy
Year
2024
Creators
Veratti, Giorgio
Institution
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

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