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ASTM standard guide for Statistical Evaluation of Atmospheric Dispersion Models. D6589

A package with materials concerning the ASTM Standard Guide for Statistical Evaluation of Atmospheric Dispersion Models, D6589-00 is available through the anonymous FTP server of the Atmospheric Modeling Division, US EPA (download area of John Irwin).

The package includes datasets, software etc. and was last updated in August 2003.
The direct link to this set of files is ftp://ftp.epa.gov/amd/asmd/irwin/astm/

The file ReadMe_First.txt contains the most basic information; however, at present there is not any proper "Getting Started" guide.

The material includes some documentation in the folder "Documentation", namely two EPA reports:

• A Program for the Statistical Evaluation of Point Source Dispersion Models Using ASTM D 6589, EPA-454/R-03-006
  
• Meteorological Data Preparation for Demonstration of the Application of ASTM Standard D 6589, EPA-454/R-03-007

The ASTM standard guide itself is available through the ASTM web page, www.astm.org at a price of $ 35. The first page can be viewed here.

There is a page with some comments on the ASTM methodology and its relation to the Model Validation Kit.

Related links to material which is now mostly of historical interest:

ASTM Standard Practice: Overview of materials |   ASTM notes: Additional information... |   Revised method compared to that of John Irwin.  |