Acronyms used in minutes of air quality panel meetings

ADMS     Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling System

AEA AEA     Technology

AERMOD     Air Dispersion Model

AERO2K       Global aircraft emissions data project for climate impacts evaluation

AEROTRACE     Measurement of Trace Species in the Exhaust from Aero Engines

AMP     Ambient Measurement Panel (Panel 2)

ANMAC     Aircraft Noise Advisory Monitoring Committee

APU     Auxiliary Power Unit

AQEG     Air Quality Expert Group

ARTEMIS     Assessment and Reliability of Transport Emission Models and Inventory Systems

ATWP     Air Transport White Paper

AURN     Automatic Urban and Rural Network

BA     British Airways

BC     Borough Council

BTX     Benzene, Toluene and Xylene

CAA     Civil Aviation Authority

CAEP     Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection

CAFÉ     Clean Air for Europe

CERC     Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Ltd

CFD       Computational Fluid Dynamics

CO     Carbon Monoxide

CO₂      Carbon Dioxide

DEFRA     Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DERA     Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

DfT      Department for Transport

DG     Directorate General

DMP     Dispersion Modelling Panel (Panel 1)

DTI      Department for Trade and Industry

DTLR      Department for Transport. Local Government and the Regions

EC      European Commission

EDMS      Emissions and Dispersion Modelling System

EPA      Environmental Protection Agency

EPSRC      Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

ERG      Economic Regulation Group (Civil Aviation Authority)

ESDP       Emissions Source Data Panel (Panel 3)

EU       European Union

FAA        Federal Aviation Administration

FAQ        Frequently asked questions

GIS       Government Information System

GLA      Greater London Authority

GRS      Generic Reaction Set

HA       Highways Agency

HC       Hydrocarbons

HGV    Heavy Goods Vehicle

ICAO     International Civil Aviation Organisation

ISO        International Organisation for Standardisation

LA        Local Authority

LAEI       London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

LASPORT LASAT       (Lagrangian Dispersion Model) for Airports

LB      London Borough

LDV      Light duty vehicle

LHR      London Heathrow

LIDAR       Light Detection and Ranging

LTO       Landing and Take-off Cycle

M4     M4 Motorway

MIC      Model Intercomparison

MMU       Manchester Metropolitan University

NAEI       National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

NATS      National Air Traffic Services

NERC       National Environment Research Council

Netcen      A division of AEA Technology plc

NO₂        Nitrogen Dioxide

NO_x        Nitrogen Oxides

O₃       Ozone

OS      Ordnance Survey

PAH       Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

PARTEMIS PARTicle       EMISsions project

PDF      A computer style format

PM₁₀/PM_2.5       Particulate Matter

PSDH      Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow

QA/QC      Quality Assurance / Quality Control

QAR      Quick Access Recorder

RASCO      Regional Air Services Co-ordination Study

ROSE        Remote Optical Sensing Evaluation

SERAS      South East and East of England Regional Air Services

SO₂      Sulphur Dioxide

T5      Terminal 5

TEOM       Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance

TRL      Transport Research Laboratory

UHC      Unburned Hydrocarbons

UK       United Kingdom

US      United States

VOC      Volatile Organic Compounds

WG3      Working Group 3

WHO      World Health Organisation

µgm      Micrograms