Some guidelines are necessary to help environmental managers of industrial plants and environmental technicians of Environmental Regulatory offices in order to avoid mistakes when choosing dispersion modelling software.

Diaz C.¹; Cartelle D.² and Barclay J.³

⁽¹⁾ SVPA, Gerena, Spain ⁽²⁾ Troposfera, Ferrol, Spain ⁽³⁾ independent consultant, Auckland, New Zealand

   Corresponding author: carlosdiaz@olores.org

   Competing interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

   Academic editor: Carlos N Díaz.

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   Citation:Diaz C., Cartelle D., Barclay J., 2014, Revision of Regulatory Dispersion Models, an Important Key in Environmental Odour Management, Ist International Seminar of Odours in the Environment, Santiago, Chile, www.olores.org

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   Keywords: subhourly data, topography, average time, peak to mean relation, calm and light winds

   Acronyms: APGNO: Activity that may Potentially Generate Nuisance by Odours, IEA: Integrated Environmental Authorisation, AAE: Authorisation for Atmospheric Emissions, EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment, FB: Fractional Bias; NMSE Normalised Mean Square Error; GM Geometric Mean Bias, WWTP: Waste water Treatment Plant.

   Sampling is an essential and extremely important sub-step in the whole measurement procedure, and can be the most relevant cause for measurement errors. Thus, sampling must strictly follow appropriate standards suited for the respective measurement task.

F.-B. Frechen

   University of Kassel, Department for Sanitary and Environmental Engineering

   (DESEE), Kurt-Wolters-Str. 3, 34125 Kassel/Germany, frechen@uni-kassel.de