Model Change Bulletin

MCB#9 02/04/2002
ISCST3 (dated 02035)
This Model Change Bulletin documents changes made to the Industrial
Source Complex Short Term (ISCST3) Dispersion Model (see Code Changes below).
[NOTE: New ISC3 users are urged to read ISC3 MCB#1, Amendment #1 for
important information. In addition, this change to the ISCST3 model does
not address the anomalous behavior of the dry deposition algorithm described
in MCB#2 and MCB#5.]
CODE CHANGES
Changes from ISCST3 (dated 00101) include the following:
1. Correction of a problem with allocating data storage for the
SHRDOW emission factor option when all SHRDOW input records are in
INCLUDED files.
2. Correction to a potential problem with concatenated meteorological
data files when the header record has been removed between the
individual years. The problem occurred when the surface station ID
matched the year of the concatenated data file.
3. A modification to the area source optimizations under the
TOXICS option to address potential problems with the distance
at which the algorithm switches to a point source approximation
for very elongated area sources.
4. Addition of a non-default option (HE>ZI) to address a potential
problem that may occur for cases when the receptor elevation is
below the stack base elevation. In these cases the mixing height
(ZI), which is terrain-following, may drop below the plume centerline
height (HE), which is horizontal, resulting in anomalously large
concentrations due to the actual plume approaching the centerline
of one of the image plumes in the Vertical Term. When the HE>ZI option
is specified on the CO MODELOPT card, the model limits the plume
centerline height (HE) to be less than or equal to the mixing height
(ZI) when calculating the Vertical Term. The model also generates
informational messages that identify when this adjustment has been made.
Since HE>ZI is a non-default option, it will be overridden if the
DFAULT option is specified.

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