[R] Advice on starting to analyze smokestack emissions?

[Richard O'Keefe]

This https://ncceh.ca/resources/evidence-reviews/crematoria-emissions-and-air-quality-impacts
might provide some useful information.

On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 at 04:53, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You might also try the R-Sig-ecology list, though I would agree that it's
> not clearly related. Still, air pollution effects...?
>
> -- Bert
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 3:15 AM Kevin Zembower via R-help <
> r-help using r-project.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello, all,
> >
> > [Originally sent to r-sig-geo list, with no response. Cross-posting
> > here, in the hope of a wider audience. Anyone with any experience in
> > this topic? Thanks.]
> >
> > I'm trying to get started analyzing the concentrations of smokestack
> > emissions. I don't have any professional background or training for
> > this; I'm just an old, retired guy who thinks playing with numbers is
> > fun.
> >
> > A local funeral home in my neighborhood (less than 1200 ft from my
> > home) is proposing to construct a crematorium for human remains. I have
> > some experience with the tidycensus package and thought it might be
> > interesting to construct a model for the changes in concentrations of
> > the pollutants from the smokestack and, using recorded wind speeds and
> > directions, see which US Census blocks would be affected.
> >
> > I have the US Government EPA SCREEN3 output on how concentration varies
> > with distance from the smokestack.
> > See
> > https://www.epa.gov/scram/air-quality-dispersion-modeling-screening-models#screen3
> > if curious. As a first task, I'd like to see if I can calculate similar
> > results in R. I'm aware of the 'plume' steady-state Gaussian dispersion
> > package
> > (https://rdrr.io/github/holstius/plume/f/inst/doc/plume-intro.pdf), but
> > am a little concerned that this package was last updated 11 years ago.
> >
> > Do you have any recommendations for me on how to get started analyzing
> > this problem? Is 'plume' still the way to go? I'm aware that there are
> > many atmospheric dispersion models from the US EPA, but I was hoping to
> > keep my work within R, which I'm really enjoying using and learning
> > about. Are SCREEN3 and 'plume' comparable? Is this the best R list to
> > ask questions about this topic?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice or guidance you have for me.
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
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