History of The Development of AERMOD
AERMOD was developed by the AERMIC (American Meteorological Society (AMS)/United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regulatory Model Improvement Committee), a collaborative working group of scientists from the AMS and the EPA. The AERMIC was initially formed in 1991.
The AERMIC developed AERMOD in seven steps:
- Initial model formulation
- Developmental evaluation
- Internal peer review and beta testing
- Revised model formulation
- Performance evaluation and sensitivity testing
- External peer review
- Submission to the EPA for consideration as a regulatory model.
On April 21 of 2000, the EPA proposed that AERMOD be adopted as the EPA's preferred regulatory model for both simple and complex terrain. On November 9 of 2005, AERMOD was adopted by the EPA and promulgated as their preferred regulatory model, effective as of December 9 of 2005. The entire developmental and adoption process took 14 years (from 1991 to 2005).
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