Chapter 14
Comprehensive Modelling
and Visualization of Particulate Matter
in Support of Air Quality Management
in Prince George, British Columbia,
Canada
Peter L. Jackson, Dennis Fudge, Bruce Ainslie, John Spagnol,
Christophe Corbel, Andreas Veira, Volker Schunicht and Brayden Nilson
Abstract Prince George British Columbia has among the highest levels of ambient
particulate matter (PM) in western Canada. In order to effectively lower ambient PM
levels, management agencies need to be able to attribute ambient levels to specific
sources, which can then be targeted for reduction. Dispersion modelling can be used
to attribute sources to ambient levels, but one issue is that emissions from many PM
sources are poorly known and must be estimated. The Calpuff dispersion modelling
P. L. Jackson (B) · J. Spagnol · B. Nilson
Environmental Science and Engineering Programs, University of Northern British Columbia,
Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada
e-mail: peter.jackson@unbc.ca
J. Spagnol
e-mail: jspagnol@shaw.ca
B. Nilson
e-mail: nilson@unbc.ca
D. Fudge
Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Regina, Canada
e-mail: dennis.fudge@gov.sk.ca
B. Ainslie
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada
e-mail: bruce.ainslie@canada.ca
C. Corbel
Deepki, Paris, France
e-mail: christophe@ccorbel.com
A. Veira
German Meteorological Service, Offenbach, Germany
e-mail: andreas.veira@dwd.de
V. Schunicht
Anjoda Technical Solutions, Prince George, BC, Canada
e-mail: volker@anjoda.com
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C. Mensink et al. (eds.), Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI,
Springer Proceedings in Complexity,
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Comprehensive Modelling
and Visualization of Particulate Matter
in Support of Air Quality Management
in Prince George, British Columbia,
Canada
Peter L. Jackson, Dennis Fudge, Bruce Ainslie, John Spagnol,
Christophe Corbel, Andreas Veira, Volker Schunicht and Brayden Nilson
Abstract Prince George British Columbia has among the highest levels of ambient
particulate matter (PM) in western Canada. In order to effectively lower ambient PM
levels, management agencies need to be able to attribute ambient levels to specific
sources, which can then be targeted for reduction. Dispersion modelling can be used
to attribute sources to ambient levels, but one issue is that emissions from many PM
sources are poorly known and must be estimated. The Calpuff dispersion modelling
P. L. Jackson (B) · J. Spagnol · B. Nilson
Environmental Science and Engineering Programs, University of Northern British Columbia,
Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9, Canada
e-mail: peter.jackson@unbc.ca
J. Spagnol
e-mail: jspagnol@shaw.ca
B. Nilson
e-mail: nilson@unbc.ca
D. Fudge
Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Regina, Canada
e-mail: dennis.fudge@gov.sk.ca
B. Ainslie
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada
e-mail: bruce.ainslie@canada.ca
C. Corbel
Deepki, Paris, France
e-mail: christophe@ccorbel.com
A. Veira
German Meteorological Service, Offenbach, Germany
e-mail: andreas.veira@dwd.de
V. Schunicht
Anjoda Technical Solutions, Prince George, BC, Canada
e-mail: volker@anjoda.com
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
C. Mensink et al. (eds.), Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI,
Springer Proceedings in Complexity,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6_14
83