Title: Regulatory models for environmental impact assessments in Hungary

Authors: D.J. Szepesi, K.E. Fekete, L. Gyenes

Addresses: Air Resources Management Consulting Inc., Katona J. u. 41 V/25, H-1137 Budapest, Hungary. ' Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Hungarian Meteorological Service, P.O. Box 39, H-1675 Budapest, Hungary. ' Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Hungarian Meteorological Service, P.O. Box 39, H-1675 Budapest, Hungary

Abstract: This paper describes the methodology and input requirements of environmental impact assessments regulated in Hungary by national standards for more than 10 years. The main characteristics are (a) various models simulate the impact of point, multi-source, line and area sources on local, urban and regional scales, (b) design transmission matrices are readily available for the greater part of the country, and (c) dispersion parameters are estimated for low sources by PGT curves, and for high sources based on the lapse rate of the lowest 300 m layer.

Keywords: atmospheric dispersion models; design wind; environmental impact assessment; Hungary; regulatory models; modelling; air pollution; environmental pollution.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1995.028396

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1995 Vol.5 No.4/5/6, pp.497 - 507

Published online: 17 Sep 2009 *

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