NILU model catalogue

Models

An overview of the current model portfolio of NILU.

Available models

13 model descriptions in this catalogue.

Other

AirGAM

The AirGAM model is an air quality trend and prediction model developed in EEA projects over the years 2017-2021.

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Atmospheric dispersion

EPISODE

EPISODE is a city-scale 3D-grid Eulerian numerical model with embedded sub-grid gaussian plume and parameterized models for the estimation of refined point ambient concentrations.

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Atmospheric dispersion

EPISODE-PIG

We developed a special version of the EPISODE model which allows for the simulation of reactive plumes by using a Lagrangian (FLEXPART based) module for the reactive plume dispersion.

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Atmospheric dispersion

FLEXPART

FLEXPART is a model for atmospheric transport representing the Lagrangian trajectories of a large number of particles in the atmosphere.

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Atmospheric dispersion

FLEXPART-NORESM/CAM

This is a FLEXPART model version tailored to use with the meteorological output data generated by the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM1-M).

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Atmospheric dispersion

FLEXPART-WRF

FLEXPART-WRF is a FLEXPART version that works with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) mesoscale meteorological model.

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Emission

MetVed

The MetVed-model provides air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from residential wood burning at high-resolution.

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Other

MoNET

Clustering is a powerful analytical technique that has long been used across various fields to unlock insights from data by organising it into meaningful groups or clusters.

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Emission

NERVE

The NERVE model («Norwegian Emissions from Road Vehicle Exchaust») provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions from road traffic.

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Atmospheric dispersion

PALM

The PALM model system 6.0. PALM (formerly an abbreviation for Parallelized Large-eddy Simulation Model and now an independent name) is a Fortran-based code applied for studying atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers.

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Other

S-MESH

S-MESH (Satellite and ML-based Estimation of Surface air quality at High resolution) is a flexible framework that combines satellite observations with machine learning to estimate surface air quality across Europe.

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Other

WRF

WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model is an open source meteorological model developed at NCAR.

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Atmospheric dispersion

WRF-EMEP

The EMEP MSC-W model is a state-of-the-art chemical transport model (CTM) that is widely used for air quality and PM assessments.

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