Air Quality Modeling
Mecklenburg County Air Quality conducts and reviews air quality dispersion modeling in support of permit applications. Facilities must demonstrate that their activities will not cause an exceedance of Federal, State or Local air quality standards.
Models
Click on the model name to download the model.
AERSCREEN - RECOMMENDED stationary source screen modeling
AERMOD - stationary source refined modeling
MOVES2014a - vehicle emission factor modeling
Model Data
Terrain elevations for receptors should be processed from USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) data by the AERMAP program. The NED data can currently be retrieved from the Multi-Resolution Land Use Characteristics Consortium website.
Mecklenburg County Average Temperatures (below)
| Mecklenburg County Average Temperatures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Month | High Temp | Low Temp | Avg. Temp |
| January | 53.37 °F | 32.31 7 °F | 42.84 F |
| July | 88.48 7 °F | 68.82 7 °F | 78.65 7 °F |
For more information, access modeling application forms in Section M of the Air Quality Permitting Forms.