Developing Air Pollution Modeling (AERMOD) in MATLAB Software

Nowadays, air pollution is one of the main challenges worldwide. There have been significant improvements in air quality dispersion modelling. AERMOD is one of these models which is based upon the Gaussian Model. However, AERMOD has some limitations in terms of data input and output. Therefore improving this model as well as developing new models adopted to our country is required to be addressed. The current research aims to develop a new model in MATLAB programming software. AERMOD and MATLAB were first investigated and then Atmospheric Dispersion Assessment Mapping Model (ADAMM) was proposed to displace AERMOD. To verify the ADAMM, results of modelling for identical pollution sites were compared. It was found that ADAMM overestimates concentrations of pollutants in comparison with AERMOD. However, ADAMM has some advantages in particular as a domestic model in different areas. It performs better in short distances(