Modelling
The Environmental Research
Group's modelling team
is one of the UK's leading providers of detailed dispersion modelling assessments,
detailed urban emissions inventories and is increasingly working at the forefront of research into the toxicity
of air pollution.
Dispersion Modelling assessments are provided for national, regional and local government
as well as private companies. Much of ERG's modelling
work is associated with urban air pollution and the impacts of schemes such as Congestion Charging in London,
the London Low Emissions Zone, use of alternative fuels, but also a wider range of impact assessments
such as large industrial processes, Local Authority review and assessment and shipping.
Urban Emissions Inventories developed by the ERG
provide a dynamic link between the detailed questions being asked by
policy makers and the need to assess schemes through predicting emissions and air pollution concentrations.
The inventories are also key to assessing the interaction between air pollution benefits and policies
aimed at reducing climate change impacts.
ERG provides high
quality emissions information through the use of comprehensive activity data, for example, traffic flow, speed
and vehicle stock and are increasingly involved with developments to improve emissions inventories through
the use of advanced traffic information.
ERG has been instrumental in developing the
first emissions estimates of primary NO2, which is important for predictions of NO2 and
O3, as well as developing the Low Emissions Zone 'Custom Inventory' for Transport for London (TfL)
which incorporates detailed on-road vehicle stock from measurements in London.
Air Pollution and Health is an important area of research for the ERG
modelling group and in collaboration with internal groups at King’s as well as with other London
institutions have undertaken ground-breaking research within the field of air pollution and health.
Specifically, ERG has developed methods
to assess the toxicity of air pollution and are currently focusing on understanding
the impacts of particles on human health.
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