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The UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau was part of the Met Office, the UK's national weather and meteorological service. The meteorologists in the bureau are among the UK's leading experts in areas such:
The bureau consisted of a team of air quality specialists dedicated to providing advice, support, and consultancy service to industry, government, local authorities and private consultants. The team had particular expertise with long and short range atmospheric pollution dispersion modelling using the NAME, AERMOD, ADMS, BOXURB and other dispersion models.
The bureau's consultancy services included:
height assessments of industrial stacks discharging airborne pollutants
long-term environmental impact studies of airborne pollutant emissions
scenario modelling and analyses of accidental releases of airborne pollutants
studies of long-range trans-boundary transport of air pollutants
urban air quality modelling
providing site-specific meteorological data
The Met Office continues to conduct atmospheric dispersion and air quality research and provides a range of services to UK and international governmental bodies, research funds and commercial customers.
