Transportation Air Pollution Studies (TAPS) System

PDFTech ReportDOT-TSC-OST-73-24Air pollutionInformation storage and retrieval systemsData processingUnited StatesUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the SecretaryPrerau, David S.Downey, Paul J.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the SecretaryAGR-IMPACTS-EnvironmentAGR-IMPACTS-IMPACTSNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Air QualityNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment ImpactsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis report describes the Transportation Air Pollution Studies (TAPS) Data Base and the Software System which has been developed in association with it.The TAPS Data Base will be used to store the transportation air pollution data (including emissions, meteorological and other data) which are required for the TSC model validation program. The TAPSstem is a package of computer programs for storing, manipulating and retrieving data. The system also contains routines for analyzing the performance of dispersion models as well as programs to generate both tabular and graphical output.Users guides for both the storage and retrieval programs of the TAPS System are included as well as examples of how these programs might be used. The report also contains complete listings for the TAPS System