The Challenge of Modelling Odour Emissions
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2024
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air quality; odour pollution; air dispersion modelling; meteorology
Interests: Odour pollution; Odour management; Odour measurement
Special Issue Information
Odour emissions may have significant impacts on quality of life. In addition to being a nuisance, odour emissions can also have significant economic impacts, for example, by reducing property values and decreasing the attractiveness of an area for residential or commercial development. In some cases, odour emissions can also lead to regulatory actions, such as fines or the closure of facilities.
Odours can be emitted from various activities, including industrial processes, agriculture, and waste management facilities. Sources can be of many types: stacks (vertical, with or without rain cap, horizontal, and tilted), active surfaces (e.g., biofilters), passive surfaces (e.g., landfill areas and wastewater ponds), or volumes (e.g., wide spaces characterised by fugitive emissions). Each one of these sources must be simulated differently within dispersion models.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect information and examples of applications of the methodologies adopted to simulate odour emissions and prepare the input data for dispersion models. The topic also includes possible ways to treat sources emitting odour with different hedonic tones, determining source parameters through reverse modelling, and collecting odour emission factors.
Understanding the sources and characteristics of odour emissions is the first step to setting up effective odour control measures to minimize nuisance and improve the quality of life of the exposed population.
Dr. Roberto Bellasio
Dr. Carlos Diaz
Dr. Jennifer Barclay
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- • odour emission • dispersion modelling • reverse modelling • hedonic tone • emission factor
