KC Donnelly Externship - LSU SRP MATHIEU: AERMOD spatial predictive model for airborne exposure to PCBs

项目描述（摘要） AERMOD是应用最广泛的美国EPA监管模型，用于预测 空气污染物来自点源。爱荷华州超级基金研究计划（ISRP） 拥有运行AERMOD的丰富经验，AERMOD是ISRP用于预测机载 多氯联苯同系物浓度。申请人在路易斯安那州立大学的研究 超级基金研究计划（LSU SRP）包括执行空间和统计建模 了解暴露于露天焚烧/露天焚烧排放物的情况 爆炸危险废物热处理设施在农村科尔法克斯，洛杉矶。公主随 论文中，Martine Mathieu女士将开发一个混合暴露评估模型， 使用AERMOD弥散模型进行表面水平测量，以提供可靠的预测 浓度作为估计暴露量的替代品。借鉴ISRP的经验， AERMOD，Externship的首要目标是学习预测空气污染物 使用AERMOD大气扩散模型进行暴露。这种外部性将使 申请人了解模型输入的要求，AERMOD输入的构造， 模型的实施和结果的质量保证。目前的研究兴趣 在空间空气污染模型的混合方法中，通过实习获得的新技能 将为马修女士的研究事业和职业目标增加价值。此外，女士。 Mathieu通过KC Donnelly Externship获得的经验将加强长期合作 LSU SRP和ISRP之间通过社区参与的经验，并进一步 研究合作围绕建模，包括期刊出版物，将 为类似研究和可比网站提供见解。

Project Description (Abstract) AERMOD is the most widely applied U.S. EPA regulatory model to predict the dispersion of airborne pollutants from a point source. The Iowa Superfund Research Program (ISRP) has extensive experience running AERMOD, the primary model used by ISRP to predict airborne PCB congener concentrations. The applicant’s research at the Louisiana State University Superfund Research Program (LSU SRP) consists of performing spatial and statistical modeling of particulate matter components to understand exposure to emissions from an open burn/open detonation hazardous waste thermal treatment facility in rural Colfax, LA. As part of her dissertation, Ms. Martine Mathieu will develop a hybrid exposure assessment model integrating surface-level measurements with the AERMOD dispersion model to provide a robust prediction of concentrations as surrogates for estimated exposures. Drawing on ISRP’s experience with AERMOD, the overarching objective of the Externship is to learn to predict air pollutant exposure using the AERMOD atmospheric dispersion model. This externship will enable the applicant to learn about requirements for model inputs, construction of AERMOD inputs, implementation of the model, and quality assurance of the results. With current research interests in hybrid approaches to spatial air pollution models, the new skills gained through the Externship will add value to Ms. Mathieu’s research career and professional goals. Furthermore, Ms. Mathieu’s experience through the KC Donnelly Externship will enhance long-term collaboration between the LSU SRP and the ISRP through community engagement experiences and further research collaboration centered around modeling, including journal publications, that will provide insights for similar studies and comparable sites.