Curriculum Vitae
Professor Rex Edward Britter
Updated to
1 August 2006
Date of Birth 13 August 1946
1967
CSIRO Div. of Mechanical Engineering -- Vacation project
1968
B.E. ( Hons) Monash University, Australia. Head of Class List
1968
Engineer - Gutteridge Haskins and Davey, Australia. Engineering Consultants: Building
Services, Environmental Acoustics, Town Planning
1970 - 1974
Ph.D. student, Monash University, Australia
1971 - 1972
Part-time Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
1973 - 1974
Senior Teaching Fellow, Monash University, Australia
1974
Ph.D. Monash University.
1975 - 1978
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical
Physics, University of Cambridge.
1976-
Part-time supervision of undergraduate students in mathematics and fluid mechanics at the
University of Cambridge.
1977
CNRS Visiting Fellow, Universite Scientifique et Medicale de Grenoble, December.
1978
Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina,
U.S.A.
Visiting Scientist, United States Environmental Protection Agency - Fluid Modelling
Facility, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
1979
Science Research Council Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics
and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, England.
1979
Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina,
U.S.A.
Visiting Scientist, United States Environmental Protection Agency - Fluid
Modelling Facility, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
1979-
Lecturer, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, England.
1979
M.A. University of Cambridge.
1979-
Elected to Official Fellowship, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
1980 (July)
Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Australia.
1980 (August)
Principal Lecturer - Advanced Level Course on Dispersion of Atmospheric Pollutants,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Australia.
1980-
Assistant Director of Studies, Pembroke College, Cambridge.
1982-
Reappointed Lecturer, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge with tenure to
the retiring age.
1982 (October)
Principal Lecturer -- Advanced Level Course on Dispersion of Atmospheric Pollutants,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Australia.
1983 (September)
Visiting Associate Professor, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina,
U.S.A.
Joint Visiting Scientist, United States Environmental Protection Agency - Fluid Modelling Facility, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
1984 - 1995
Editor, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier Press.
1985-
Fellow of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
1985-2001
Founding Director, Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Limited, Cambridge.
1986-1987
Visiting Associate Professor, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina,
U.S.A.
Visiting Scientist, United States Environmental Protection Agency - Fluid
Modelling Facility, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
1989
Visiting Associate Professor, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina,
U.S.A.
Visiting Scientist, United States Environmental Protection Agency - Fluid
Modelling Facility, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
1990 (November)
Commission of European Communities, Directorate General XII, Brussels, Belgium.
1991
Appointed as Reader in Environmental Fluid Dynamics, University of Cambridge.
Sugden Award (1990) with T. C. Chew and K. N. C. Bray. The Combustion Institute
(British Section).
1995-2002
Editorial Board, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier Press.
2001
Appointed as Professor of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, University of Cambridge
2002-2006
EPSRC College
2003
Appointed Director of Studies for Engineering, Pembroke College, Cambridge
2006
Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
2006
Chartered Engineer Status
RECENT ACTIVITIES 2005/2006
· HOME OFFICE: CBRN Modelling Steering Board
· HOME OFFICE: CBRN Working Group
· MINISTRY OF DEFENCE: Report Editor and Technical Leader, Review Panel for Defence Science Advisory Committee: Currently Active on Review of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Transport and Diffusion Research by DSTL for the MoD
· DEPT FOR TRANSPORT: Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow (PSDH), currently addressing the AIR QUALITY issue at Heathrow highlighted by the Government White Paper on Aviation. This is currently the issue limiting development of Heathrow. Panel 1 Member and also Contractor for Model Intercomparison Study. Report submitted to House of Commons 19 July 2006.
· METROPOLITAN POLICE/ LONDON RESILIENCE: Initiated a Working Group with senior officers to develop a common language between the emergency forces and scientific advisers e.g. use of flow visualisation and Virtual Reality tools.
· TRAINING AIDS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
Initiated and responsible for delivery to the Home Office of a Guidance Movie. The movie will be accompanied by four guidance documents for the training of
CBRN Emergency Responders.
· UK GOVERNMENT PANEL ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE
· ELECTRICITY POLICY RESEARCH GROUP: Department of Economics, Univ. of Cambridge Member of Advisory Panel
LEARNING AND TEACHING
· Initiated and continuing to implement and embed an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Programme (UROP) scheme in the Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge, UK and to be extended more widely in the UK
· Initiated a two year study/comparison of the Learning and Teaching techniques within Engineering Departments at Cambridge and MIT
· Initiated and leading a two year pedagogical study and analysis of various Learning and Teaching techniques (traditional and novel) within Engineering Departments at Cambridge and MIT
· Taken responsibility for a joint Cambridge/MIT course on Sustainable Energy
· Developed a collaboration between University of Cambridge Engineering Department and the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge
· Initiated and implemented a two day Spring School in Cambridge for the EU ATREUS project
· Developed a collaboration among University of Cambridge Engineering Department and the Staff Development Office of the University of Cambridge
· Initiated an on-going seminar series: Occasional seminars in Teaching and Learning in the Department of Engineering
· Co-founded the Institute for Aviation and the Environment
· Initiating a Centre for Urban Climatology and its Applications: Launch Meeting 7/8 July 2005
· Co-founding a Research Centre for Security Studies at Pembroke College
· Attempting to create an Institute for Innovative Engineering Education.
· Only non-US invitee to a Working Group on Transport and Dispersion of CBRN material for US Homeland Security
· Work with the US DoD Urban Dispersion Modelling Working Group
· Work with US DoD Defence Threat Reduction Agency; currently organising a European Workshop of experts in this area.
· Commenced a personal contract with the US DARPA on urban dispersion in relation to the Pentagon Shield Experiment
· Active adviser on US Urban Tracer Experiments for the US DoE, DoD in Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, New York City.
· Scientific Committee 9th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
· Scientific Committee 10th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Crete
· Invited Participant ACCENT Workshop on Quality Assurance and Benchmarking of Meteorological Models: Global, Regional and Local, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2006
· PRINCIPAL EXPERT WITNESS for a forthcoming prosecution involving urban dispersion in the largest “class action” environmental suit ever in Europe.
RECENT INVITED LECTURES/SEMINARS
1 April 2004 UK and US Urban Tracer experiments; implications for operational modelling, NATO-RTV Workshop, Brussels
26 August 2004 Emergency Response: Experiments and Modelling, World Clean Air Congress, London
27/28 Sept. 2004 Overview of DAPPLE and other urban studies, Parts 1 and 2, Urban Dispersion Modelling Working Group
8 December 2004 Climate Change and (Local) Air Quality, Cambridge Environmental Energy: Towards a Sustainable Earth, Workshop, Cambridge University
9 December 2004 Air Quality around Airports, Launch Conference, Institute for Aviation and the Environment
1 February 2005 Diverse Applications of Flow and Dispersion in Urban Areas, University of Birmingham
2 March 2005 Assessing Model Fitness for Purpose Workshop on Model Evaluation
in Seismology, Schlumberger Research Centre
21 April 2005 Assessing Model Fitness-for-Purpose ATREUS Spring School, Cambridge
9 May 2005 Evaluation and Validation of Technical Models Electricity and Environment Research Group, Judge Institute of Management
19 May 2005 UROP’s distinct version of Undergraduate Research, UROP Workshop, Cambridge University
7 June 2005 Cambridge Environmental Initiative, Environmental Modelling Unit
28 June 2005 Security Issues Interregnum PLC
7/8 July 2005 Inaugural Meeting of the Institute for Urban Climatology and its Applications Cambridge
25/26 July 2005 US DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRO-L Workshop of European experts on Uncertainty in Urban Dispersion Modelling , Cambridge
28/29 July 2005 COST 732 Workshop on “Quality assurance of Micro-Scale Meteorological Models”, Hamburg
7-9 November 2006 DTRO-L ( US Defence Threat Reduction Office-London; Uncertainty Workshop : Lecture on Urban Flows, Defence Academy, Shrivenham
9 December 2005 Monitoring and Modelling of Pollution in Cities; Cambridge Environmental Initiative-Horizon: Cities of the Future
14-17 Feb 2006 International Conference on Mesoscale Processes in Atmosphere, Oceans and Environmental Systems, IIT-New Delhi, India ( could not attend)
20-23 February 2006 Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics: Lecture series on Introduction to Wind. Brussels, Belgium. Lecture 1: Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Environments: Background, Lecture 2: Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Environments: Field Tests and CFD.
4-8 March 2006 Invited Plenary Lecture, The American Society of Safety Engineers-Middle East Chapter, Bahrein (could not attend)
Silent Aircraft Initiative
May 5, 2006 DAMTP, Cambridge The Thermofluid Dynamics of Cities
16 May 2006 Air Pollution Research in London King’s College, London
6 June 2006 Japan External Trade Organization; JETRO Cambridge Technology Showcase; Urban Automotive Pollution
30 June 2006 Ecole Centrale, Lyon, France. The Thermofluid Dynamics of Cities
9 December 2006 Horizon Event, Security, University of Cambridge
BOOKS
1982
Britter, R.E. and Griffiths, R.F. (eds), Dense Gas Dispersion. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam.
Reviewed in J. Fluid Mechanics, 129, 495-496.
1988
Britter, R.E. and McQuaid, J.D., Workbook on the Dispersion of Dense Gases. Health and
Safety Executive, Bootle, U.K., ISBN 0 7176 0327
Reviewed in J. Fluid Mechanics, 211, pp.656-657
1998
Britter, R.E. Recent Research on the Dispersion of Hazardous Materials. European
Commission, 234 pages. EUR 18198 EN, ISBN 92-828-3048-9
2002
Hanna, S.R., and Britter, R. E. Wind Flow and Vapor Cloud Dispersion at Industrial and
Urban Sites. ISBN: 0-8169-0863-X, Chemical Process Safety, American Inst. Chemical
Engineers, 3 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5901, 208 pages +CD-ROM
2004
Berkowicz R., Britter R.E.and Di Sabatino S., Optimisation of Modelling Methods for
Traffic Pollution in Streets (EU TRAPOS), Available as CD from authors, 201 pages.
2006
Schatzmann M. and Britter R.E. Proceedings: International Workshop on Quality
Assurance of Microscale Meteorological Models; COST Action 732, ISBN 3-00-018312-4,
150 pages
2007
Dimensional Reasoning, Argument and Analysis. In Preparation.
BOOK CHAPTERS
2003
Chapter 2: Urban Air Pollution Phenomenology in SATURN: Studying Atmospheric
Pollution in Urban Areas ed. N. Moussiopoulos; Springer
2004
Kastner-Klein, P., S. Di Sabatino, M. Ketzel, A. Kovar-Panskus, P. Louka, S. Trini-Castelli, R. Berkowicz, R. Britter, E. Fedorovich and J.-F. Sini (2004): “The Modelling of Traffic Produced Turbulence”. Section 1.2 in Optimisation of Modelling Methods for Traffic Pollution in Streets. TRAPOS.
Sini,J-F., A. Abdelqari, R. Britter, S. Di Sabatino, A. Kovar-Panskus, P. Louka, P.G. Mestayer, L. Moulinneuf, A. Robins, J.-M. Rosant, E. Savory, G. Vachon (2004): “The influence of thermal effects on flow and dispersion in street canyons”. Section 1.3 in Optimisation of Modelling Methods for Traffic Pollution in Streets. TRAPOS.
Trini Castelli, S., S. Di Sabatino, G. Clai, I. Düring, R. Britter, D. Carruthers, A.
Lohmeyer, P. Zandveld (2004). “The Modelling of Tunnel entrances and exits”. Section 1.4
in Optimisation of Modelling Methods for Traffic Pollution in Streets. TRAPOS.
BOOK REVIEWS
1983
Structure of Complex Turbulent Shear Flow (ed. R.Dumas and L.Fulachier) 1983, Springer-
Verlag, in J. Fluid Mechanics.
1991
An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology by R. B. Stull, Kluwer Academic, in
J. Fluid Mechanics, 224, pp.660-661.
PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
1978
Britter, R.E. and Simpson, J.E. Experiments on the dynamics of a gravity current head.
J. Fluid Mechanics., 88, 2, 223-240.
1979
Britter, R.E., Hunt, J.C.R., Mumford, J.C. Distortion of turbulence by a circular cylinder.
J. Fluid Mechanics, 92, 2, 269-302.
Britter, R.E. and Hunt, J.C.R. Velocity measurements and theoretical estimates of the flow between buildings in a simulated atmospheric boundary layer. Jnl. of Industrial Aerodynamics, 4, 2, 165-182.
Britter, R.E. The spread of a negatively buoyant plume in a calm environment. Atm. Env., Vol. 13, pp.1241-1247.
Simpson, J.E. and Britter, R.E. The dynamics of a gravity current head advancing over a
horizontal surface. J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 94, pp. 477-496.
1980
Simpson, J.E. and Britter, R.E. A model of the front of an atmospheric gravity current.
Quarterly Journal of the Roy. Met. Society. Vol 106, pp. 485-500.
Britter, R.E. The ground level extent of a negatively buoyant plume under a turbulent boundary layer. Atm. Env., 14, 779-785.
Britter, R.E. and Linden, P.F. The motion of the front of a gravity current travelling down
an incline. J. Fluid Mechanics., 99, 531-543.
1981
Britter, R.E., Hunt, J.C.R. and Richards K.J. Analysis and wind tunnel studies of speed up,
roughness effects and turbulence over a two dimensional hill. Quarterly Journal of the Roy.
Met. Society, Vol. 107, pp. 91-110.
Beghin, P., Hopfinger, E.J. and Britter, R.E. Gravitational convection from instantaneous
sources on inclined boundaries. J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 107, pp.402-422.
Britter, R.E. and Simpson, J.E. A note on the structure of the head of an intrusive gravity current. J. Fluid Mechanics, 112, pp.459-466
1982
Britter R.E.and Griffiths R.F. (editor), Special Issue of the Jnl. of Hazardous
Materials, Vol.6, Issues 1/2.
Britter, R.E. and Griffiths, R. The role of dense gases in the assessment of industrial
hazards. Jnl. of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 6, pp.3-12
Wilson, D.J. and Britter, R.E. Estimates of building surface concentrations from nearby
sources. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 16, pp. 2631-2646.
1983
Britter, R.E., Hunt, J.C.R., Marsh, G.L. and Snyder, W.H. The effects of stable
Stratification on turbulent diffusion and the decay of grid turbulence. J. Fluid
Mechanics, 127, pp.27-44.
Huppert, H.E. and Britter, R.E. The separation of hydraulic flow over topography. A.S.C.E.
Jnl. Hyd. Div., 108, HY12, 1532-1539.
Lawson, R.E., Jnr., and Britter R.E. A note on the measurement of transverse velocity
fluctuations with heated cylindrical sensors at small mean velocities. J. Phys. E. Sci.
Instruments, 16, pp.563-657.
1984
Lamb, V.R. and Britter, R.E. Shallow water flow over an isolated obstacle. J. Fluid
Mechanics, 147, pp. 291-313.
1985
Rottman, J.W., Simpson, J.E., Hunt, J.C.R. and Britter R.E. Unsteady gravity current flows
over obstacles -- some observations and analysis related to the Phase II results. Jnl. of
Hazardous Materials, 11, pp. 325-340.
Britter, R.E. Diffusion and decay in stably-stratified turbulent flows. In `Turbulence and
Diffusion in Stable Environment' ed. J.C.R. Hunt, Clarendon Press, 1985.
1986
Stapountzis, H, Sawford, B.L., Hunt, J.C.R. and Britter, R.E. Structure of the temperature
field downwind of a line source in grid turbulence. J. Fluid Mechanics, 165, pp. 401-424.
1987
Snyder, W.H. and Britter R.E. A wind tunnel study of dispersion from sources upwind of
three-dimensional hills. Atmospheric Environment, 21, pp 735-751.
Britter, R.E. and Snyder, W.H. Fluid modelling of dense gas dispersion over a ramp. Jnl. of
Hazardous Materials, 18, pp 37-67.
1989
Chew, T.C. Britter, RE. and Bray, K.N.C. Laser Tomography of turbulent premixed
flames. Combustion and flame. 75, pp 165-174.
1989
Britter, R.E. The atmospheric dispersion of dense gases. Annual Review of Fluid
Mechanics, 21, pp 317-344.
Luhar, A.K. and Britter, R.E. A random walk model for dispersion in inhomogeneous
turbulence in a convective boundary layer. Atmospheric Environment, 23, 9, 1911-1924.
Oduyemi, K. and Britter, R.E. Molecular and stratification effects on the evolution of
concentration fluctuations in decaying homogeneous turbulence with transverse mean-
concentration gradient. In Advances in Turbulence 2, pp.186-191 ed. H.H.Fernholze,
H.E.Fiedler, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg
1990
Luhar, A.K. and Britter, R.E. An application of Lagrangian stochastic modelling to
shoreline fumigation. Atmospheric Environment, 24A, 4, pp. 871-881.
Chew, T.C., Bray, K.N.C. and Britter, R.E. Spatially resolved flamelet statistics for
reaction rate modelling. Combustion and Flame, 80, pp. 65-82.
1992
Chew, T.C., and Britter, R.E. Effect of geometrical straining on turbulence levels in
explosions and common burner configurations. Int. Jnl. Engineering Sciences, 30, 8, 983-
1002.
Luhar, A.K. and Britter, R.E. Random walk modelling of buoyant plume dispersion in the
convective boundary layer. Atmospheric Environment, 26A, 7, pp.1283-1298.
Linden, P.F., Jagger, S.F., Redondo, J.M., Britter, R.E. and Moodie, K. The effect of a
water spray barrier on a tunnel fire. Proc. I. Mech. E., 7, pp. 59-64.
1993
Grobelbauer, H.P., Fannelop, T.K. and Britter, R.E. The propagation of intrusion fronts of
high density ratios. J. Fluid Mechanics ,250, pp.669-687.
1994
Atobiloye, R.Z. and Britter, R.E. On flame propagation along vortex tubes. Combustion
and Flame, 98, pp.220-230.
1995
Britter, R.E., Collier, C., Griffiths, R.F., Mason, P.J., Thomson, P.J., Timmis, R. and
Underwood, B.X. Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling; guidelines on the justification and
use of models, and the communication and reporting of results. Meteorological
Applications, 2, pp83-88.
Huq, I.P. and Britter, R.E. Mixing of a two layer scalar profile due to grid generated
turbulence. J. Fluid Mechanics, 285, pp.17-40.
Huq, I.P. and Britter, R.E. Turbulence evolution and mixing in density stratified fluids.
J. Fluid Mechanics, 285, pp.41-68.
1996
Woodburn, P.J. and Britter, R.E. C.F.D. Simulations of a tunnel fire - Part I. Fire Safety
Journal, 26, pp.35-62.
Woodburn, P.J. and Britter, R.E. C.F.D. Simulations of a tunnel fire - Part II. Fire Safety
Journal, 26, pp.63-90.
1999
Hankin, R.K.S. and Britter, R.E. TWODEE: the Health and Safety Executive’s shallow
layer model for heavy gas dispersion. Part 1, Mathematical basis and physical assumptions.
Jnl. Haz. Mat., 66, 3, 211-226
Hankin, R.K.S. and Britter, R.E. TWODEE: the Health and Safety Executive’s shallow
layer model for heavy gas dispersion. Part 2, Outline and validation of the computational
scheme. Jnl. Haz. Mat., 66, 3, 227-238
Hankin, R.K.S. and Britter, R.E. TWODEE: the Health and Safety Executive’s shallow
layer model for heavy gas dispersion. Part 3, Experimental validation (Thorney Island).
Jnl. Haz. Mat., 66, 3, 239-264
2001
Daish, N.C., Britter, R.E., Linden, P.F. Jagger, S.F. and Carissimo, B. SMEDIS:
Scientific Model Evaluation of Dense Gas Dispersion Models. Int. Journal of Environment
and Pollution, 14, 39-51
Briggs, G., Britter, R.E. Hanna, S.R., Havens, J.A., Robins, A.G., and Snyder, W.H. Dense
gas vertical diffusion over rough surfaces: results of wind-tunnel studies. Atm. Env., 35,
13, pp, 2265-2284
2002
Bidokhti, A.A. and Britter, R.E. A large stratified shear flow water channel
facility. Experiments in Fluids, 33, 281-287
Britter, R.E., Caton, F. Cooke, K.E., Di Sabatino, S., Simmonds, P.G. and Nickless, G.
Results from three field tracers experiments at the neighbourhood scale in the city of
Birmingham U.K. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 2, 79-90
Ratti, C., Di Sabatino, S., Caton, F., Britter, R.E., Brown, M. and Burian, S. Analysis of 3-
D urban databases with respect to the pollution dispersion for a number of European and
American cities. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 2, 459-469
2003
Caton, F., Britter, R.E. and Dalziel, S. Dispersion mechanisms in a street canyon.
Atmospheric Environment, 35, 7,693-702
Britter, R.E., Briggs, G., Hanna, S.R. and Robins, A. Short range vertical dispersion from
a ground level source in a turbulent boundary layer. Atm. Env., 37, 3885-3894
Bentham, J. T. and Britter, R. E., Spatially-averaged flow within obstacle arrays. Atm.
Env., 37,15,2037-2043
Di Sabatino, S., Kastner-Klein, P., Berkowicz, R., Britter, R.E. and Fedorovich, E., The
modelling of turbulence from traffic in urban dispersion models- Part 1: Theoretical
Consideration. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 3, 129-143
Kastner-Klein, P., Ketzel, M., Berkowicz, R., Federovic, E. and Britter, R.E.
The modelling of turbulence from traffic in urban dispersion models – Part 2 Evaluation against laboratory and full-scale concentration measurements in street canyons. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 3, 145-172
Britter, R.E. and Hanna, S.R. Flow and dispersion in urban areas. Ann. Rev. Fl. Mech, 35, 469-496
Hanna, S.R., Chang, J., Britter, R.E., Neophytou, M.K. Overview of evaluation history and
procedures in the atmospheric air quality area. QNET_CFD Newsletter pp 1-4
Hanna, S.R., R.E. Britter, and P. Franzese, A baseline urban dispersion model evaluated
with Salt Lake City and Los Angeles tracer data. Atm. Env., 37, 5069-5082.
2004
Arnold,S., ….Britter, R.E., ….Introduction to the DAPPLE Air Pollution Project.
Science of the Total Environment. 332, p139-153.
Law, A.W.K., Choi, E.C.C. and Britter R. Re-entrainment around a low-rise industrial
building: 2D versus 3D wind tunnel study. Atm. Env., 38, 3817-3825
Colville, R.N., Kaur, S., Britter, R., Robins A et. al., Sustainable development of urban
transport systems and human exposure to air pollution. Science of the Total
Environment, 334-335, 481-487
Hanna, S.R. and Britter, R. The effect of roughness obstacles on flow and dispersion in
urban and industrial areas. Int. Journal of Environment and Pollution. ???????????
Kastner-Klein, P., Berkowicz, R., and Britter, R.E. The influence of street architecture on
flow and dispersion in street canyons. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Special
Edition on Air Quality, 87, 121-131
2005
Neophytou, M.K., Goussis, D.A., Mastorakos, E., and Britter, R.E. The development of a
scale-adaptive reactive pollutant dispersion model. Atm. Env., 39, 2787-2794
Hamlyn, D. and Britter, R.E. A numerical study of the flow field and exchange processes
within a canopy of urban-type roughness. Atm. Env., 39, 3243-3254
Neophytou, M.K. and Britter R. E. A simple model for the movement of fire smoke in a
confined tunnel, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 162, 1941-1954
2006
Neophytou, M.K. and Britter R. E. Buoyancy-generated turbulent flow in semi-enclosed
regions: a computational fluid dynamics, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 6,
Nos 1-3, 137-145
Neophytou, M.K. and Britter R. E. Buoyancy-generated turbulent flows in semi-enclosed
regions: an application to the dynamics of tunnel fires ????????????????????????
Ratti, C., Di Sabatino, S., Britter R.E., Urban texture analysis with image processing
techniques: winds and dispersion. Jnl. of Theoretical and Applied Climatology 84, 1-3, 77-
90 Springer-Verlag
Law, A.W.K., Choi, E.C.C. and Britter R. Re-entrainment around a low-rise industrial
building under oblique winds. Submitted for publication in Atmospheric Environment
Solazzo, E. and Britter, R.E., Transfer processes in a simulated urban street canyon. Submitted
for publication in Boundary Layer Meteorology
Neophytou M.K. and Britter R.E., Modelling buoyancy-driven flows in confined regions:
experiments, analysis and computations. Submitted to Jnl of Fluid Mechanics
Di Sabatino, S., Buccolieri, R., Pulvirenti, B. and Britter, R.E. Flow and pollutant
dispersion in street canyons using FLUENT and ADMS-Urban. Submitted for
publication in Environmental Modelling and Assessment.
Di Sabatino, S., Britter R.E., Cataldo, C., Chirizzi and Ratti, C. On the construction of DEM’s of
a Southern European city and their analysis with respect to Northern European and North
American cities. Submitted for publication in Atmospheric Environment.
Di Sabatino, S., Buccoleri, R., Pulvirenti and Britter, R.E. On the use of CFD and
Operational dispersion for concentration prediction in urban areas: a model evaluation
study. Submitted for publication in Atmospheric Environment
Di Sabatino, S, Solazzo, E., Britter, R.E. and Paradisi, P. A simple model for spatially-aceraged wind profiles within and above an urban canopy. Submitted for publication in Boundary Layer Meteorology
Di Sabatino, S., Buccolieri, R., Pulvirenti, B. and Britter, R.E. Investigation of pollutant
dispersionwithin urban geometries using FLUENT and ADMS-Urban. Submitted for
publication in Journal of Applied Meteorology.
Di Sabatino, S., Buccolieri, R., Pulvirenti, B. and Britter, R.E. Application and validation
of FLUENT flow and dispersion modeling within complex geometries. Submitted for
publication in Environmental Fluid Mechanics.
Martin, D., …..Neophytou, M.K., ….Britter, R.E. et al. Urban tracer dispersion experiments in London 2003 during the first DAPPLE campaign. Submitted for publication in Atmospheric Environment
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PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1970
Britter, R.E., Bye, N.S. and Gani, R. Characteristics of pool boiling from a liquid-liquid
interface. Institute of Engineers, Australia; Thermodynamics Conference, Adelaide, 1970';
Proceedings.
1971
Britter, R.E. An experiment on turbulence in density stratified fluids. Fourth Australian
Conference on Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, Monash University, Australia;
Proceedings.
1975
Britter, R.E. and Hunt, J.C.R. Turbulent Velocities and Fluctuating Surface Pressures on
Structures in Turbulent Winds. Second International Conference on Wind Engineering,
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.; Proceedings.
Britter, R.E. Co-Spectra of Momentum and Heat Fluxes in a Turbulent Shear Flow with a
Stable Density Stratification. Polish Academy of Science. XII Biennial Fluid Dynamics
Conference, Bialowecza, Poland; Proceedings.
1976
Britter, R.E., Hunt, J.C.R. and Puttock, J.S. Predicting pollution concentrations near
buildings and hills. Systems and Models in Air and Water Pollution, London, September,
sponsored by the Institute of Measurement and Control; Proceedings.
1978
Hunt, J.C.R., Britter, R.E. and Puttock, J.S. Mathematical models of dispersion of air
pollution around buildings and hills. Conference on `Mathematical Modelling of Turbulent
Diffusion in the Environment'. sponsored by the Institute of Mathematics and its
Applications; Proceedings, Academic Press, ed. C.J.Harris.
1979
Snyder, W.H., Britter, R.E. and Hunt, J.C.R. A fluid modelling study of the flow structure
and plume impingement on a three-dimensional hill in stably stratified flow. Fifth Int.
Conf. on Wind Engineering, Fort Collins, Colorado; Proceedings, Pergamon Press.
Simpson, J.E. and Britter, R.E. The form of the head of an intrusive gravity current. 3rd
U.K. Geophysical Assembly, abstracted in Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical
Society.
1980
Simpson, J.E. and Britter, R.E. Experiments on the dynamics of the front of a gravity
current. Second International Symposium on Stratified Flows, Trondheim, Norway
(Proceedings)
Pearson, H. and Britter, R.E. A statistical model for vertical turbulent diffusion in a stably
stratified fluid. Second International Symposium on Stratified Flows, Trondheim, Norway
(Proceedings).
1981
Wilson, D.J. and Britter, R.E. Dispersion of pollutants near buildings. 1981 A.S.C.E. Fall
Convention, St.Louis, Miss. (Proceedings).
1982
Britter, R.E. Modelling flow over complex terrain and implications for determining the
extent of adjacent terrain to be modelled. Invited paper, U.S. National Bureau of Standards
(Washington) -- Workshop on Wind Tunnel Modelling. (Proceedings) Camb. Univ. Press.
1983
Hunt, J.C.R., Rottman, J.W. and Britter, R.E. Some Physical Processes Involved in the
Dispersion of Dense Gases. IUTAM Conference on Atmospheric Dispersion of Heavy
Gases and Small Particles, Delft. Springer-Verlag.
Stretch, D., Hunt, J.C.R. and Britter, R.E. The dispersion of Slightly Dense Contaminants
in Turbulent Boundary Layers (ibid).
1985
Reilly, C.D. and Britter, R.E. Mixing Times in Stirred Tanks. Inst. Chem. E. Symposium
Series No. 94.
Reilly, C.D. and Britter, R.E. Mixing Times for Passive Tracers in Stirred Tanks. 5th
European Conference on Mixing. Wurzburg, West Germany.
Stretch, D. and Britter, R.E. Rapid Distortion Calculations and Experiments on Density
Stratified Shear flow Turbulence. American Meteorological Society : Seventh Symposium
on Turbulence and Diffusion, Boulder, Colorado.
Stretch, D. and Britter, R.E. Thoughts, calculations and experiments on the decay of
stratified grid turbulence. I.U.T.A.M. Conference on Mixing in Stratified Fluids.
Britter, R.E. and Stretch, D. Flow visualisation of a stably stratified boundary layer.
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1986
Reilly, C.D. and Britter, R.E. Mixing of Passive and Reactive Tracers in Stirred Tank
Reactors. European Mixing Conference, Toulouse, June.
Stapountzis, H., Stretch, D. and Britter, R.E. Diffusion of smoke behind a line source in
grid turbulence. Fourth International Symposium on Flow Visualisation, Paris, 26-29
August, Proceedings.
Rottman, J.W. and Britter, R.E. The mixing efficiency and decay of grid-generated
turbulence in stably-stratified fluids. Proceedings Ninth Australasian Fluid Mechanics
Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, December.
Bidokhti, A. and Britter, R.E. A multilayer recirculating water channel for the study of
turbulence and internal waves in a density stratified shear flow. Third International
Workshop on Wind and Water Tunnel Modelling of Atmospheric Flow and Dispersion,
Lausanne, 15-17 September. Proceedings.
Britter, R.E. and Snyder, W.H. Fluid Modelling of Dense Gas Dispersion over a Ramp. Joint U.S.E.P.A./D.O.E. Workshop, Determination of Atmospheric dilution for Emergency Preparedness, Raleigh, N.C. 15-17 October. Proceedings.
1987
Stapountzis, H. and Britter, R.E. Turbulent diffusion behind a heated line source in a
nearly homogeneous turbulent shear flow. Proc. 1st European Turbulence Shear Flow
Conference, Toulouse.
1988
Britter, R.E. A review of mixing in stably stratified fluids relevant to the dispersion of
dense gases. Invited paper I.M.A. conference on `Stably stratified flow and dense gas
dispersion'. Chester 9-10 April 1986, Proceedings. ed. Puttock, Clarendon Press.
Hunt, J.C.R., Stretch, D. and Britter, R.E. Length Scales in Stably Stratified Turbulent
flows and their Use in Turbulence Models. I.M.A. Conference on `Stably Stratified flow
and Dense Gas Dispersion', Chester, 9-10 April 1986, Proceedings. ed. Puttock, Clarendon
Press.
Stapountzis, H. and Britter, R.E. The effect of yaw on the turbulent diffusion from line
sources in turbulent flows. 1st U.S. National Fluid Dynamics Congress, Cincinatti,
A.I.A.A.
Britter, R.E. and McQuaid, J. The development of a workbook on the dispersion of dense
gases. In International Conference on Vapor Cloud Modelling Nov., Boston, Centre for
Chemical Process Safety, A.I.Ch.E.
1988
Oduyemi, K. and Britter, R.E. Direct simulations of concentration fluctuations in decaying
homogeneous turbulence. EURASAP International Workshop on `Modelling
Concentration Fluctuations in the Atmosphere', Brunel Univ. U.K.
Oduyemi, K. and Britter, R.E. Molecular and stratification effects on the evolution of
concentration fluctuations in decaying homogeneous turbulence with transverse mean-
concentration gradient. Second European Turbulence Conference, Berlin
Britter, R.E. Laboratory experiments on turbulence in density-stratified fluids. Invited
paper, 8th Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, American Meteorological Society,
San Diego, U.S.A.
Britter, R.E. Modelling dispersion from accidental releases. Invited paper, 17th NATO-
CCMS International Technical Meeting, Plenum Press.
1989
Kostiuk, L.H., Zhang, Y., Chew, T.C., Bray, K.N.C., and Britter, R.E. Laser tomography
and microscopy of premixed turbulent reacting flows. Proc. 5th Int. Symp. on Flow
Visualisation
Chew, T.C., Britter, R.E., Bray, K.N.C., Extraction of spatial statistics from experimentally
visualised cross-sections of a turbulent flame. I.M.A. Conf. on Deformable Surfaces,
Cambridge.
Chew, T.C., Britter, R.E. The use of image processing in turbulent mixing and combustion
experiments. Proceedings, 11th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne,
Australia.
1990
Carruthers, D.J., Hunt, J.C.R., Britter, R.E., Perkins, R.J., Linden, P.F., Dalziel, S. Fast
models on small computers of turbulent flows in the environment for non-expert users.
NERC Conf. 1990 on Computer Modelling in Environmental Sciences, March 1990.
Stretch, D., Kim, J., Britter, R.E. A conceptual model for the structure of turbulent channel
flow. NASA Boundary Layer Structure Workshop, Langley Research Center, Hampton,
Virginia.
1992
Melia, J. and Britter, R.E. The dispersion of dense gases through obstacle arrays. In Waves
and Turbulence in Stratified Flows. Proc. I.M.A. Conference, Leeds, Oxford University
Press.
Melia, J. and Britter, R.E. The dispersion of dense gases through obstacle arrays. In Waves
and Turbulence in Stratified Flows. Proc. I.M.A. Conference, Leeds, Oxford University
Press.
Cowan, I.R., Britter, R.E. and Voke, P.R. Direct numerical simulation of a stably stratified
boundary layer. Proc. of ``Mixing in Geophysical Flows'', Barcelona, Spain, December,
1992.
Ramsay, S.R. and Britter, R.E. An advanced box model to address some outstanding
problems in dense gas dispersion. Proc. 9th NATO CCMS International Technical Meeting
on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application, Crete. ISBN 0-306-44248-5.
Hankin, R.S. and Britter, R.E. The shallow water approximations in dense gas dispersion
over complex terrain. 4th I.M.A. Conference on Stably-Stratified Flows, University of
Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. 21/23 September, 1992. Oxford University Press; ed. Castro, I.
and Rockliff, N.
1994
Cowan, I.R. and Britter, R.E. Direct numerical simulation of a stably stratified turbulent
boundary layer. Ercoftac Workshop on Direct and Large Eddy Simulation, Guildford,
Surrey, U.K. (Conference Proceedings). Kluwer Press. Ed. Voke, P.
Cowan, I.R. and Britter, R.E. Direct numerical simulation and experiment, on a stably
stratified turbulent boundary layer. Fourth International Symposium on Stratified Fluids,
Grenoble (Proceedings).
Britter, R.E., Cole, S. and Peterson, K. The evaluation of technical models used for Major
Hazard Installations; some European Initiatives. Presented at A.I.Ch.E. National Meeting,
April, 1994, Symposium on Risk Analysis and Process Safety Management. Contained in
Conference Proceedings.
1995
Panwar, R.S., Cowan, I.R., Britter, R.E. Concentration fluctuation models: A comparative
study. Indo-U.S. Workshop on Environmental Risk Analysis, New Delhi, India, 2-6
January, Allied Publishers, Ltd., New Delhi. (Extended Abstract).
Woodburn, P. and Britter, R.E. CFD simulations of fires in tunnels; a sensitivity study.
First European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Zurich. (Proceedings).
Moros, A., Webb, S., Britter, R.E., Bonn, R., Carruthers, D.J. and Handley, J. A
methodology for linking gas cloud sizes to hazard assessment in offshore modules. 5th Int.
Conference on Loss Prevention in the OIl and Gas Industry, Aberdeen, U.K.
Britter, R.E. A Researchers/Consultants view on advances in source and dispersion
modelling. C.C.P.S. International Conference and Workshop on Modelling and Mitigating
the Consequences of Accidental Releases of Hazardous Materials - September 26-29, New
Orleans - Contained in Conference Proceedings published by A.I.Ch.E./C.C.P.S.
Baxter, P.J., Britter, R.E., Heap, B., Rowland, M., Murray, V. Rapid assessment of
exposure risk to communities in a PVC pure emergency. Annual Conf. of the International
Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Netherlands, August 30/September 1.
1996
Britter, R.E. Invited paper. Recent research on the Disperson of Dense Gases in the
Atmosphere. UNESCO International Congress on the Environment/Climate. Rome,
March, Proceedings.
1997
Briggs, G., Britter, R.E. et al. Advances in dense gas dispersion modelling of accidental
releases over rough surfaces during stable conditions. Proc. 22nd NATO/C.C.M.S.,
Clermont-Ferrand, France.
1998
Daish, N.C., Britter, R.E., Linden, P.F., Jagger, S.F. and Carissoma, B. SMEDIS: Scientific
model evaluation of dense gas dispersion models. 5th Int. Conf. on Harmonisation with
Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, 18-21 May, Rhodes, Greece,
Proceedings
Cleaver, R.P., Buss, G.Y., Tam, V., Connolly, S. and Britter, R.E. Gas build-up from high
pressure natural gas releases in naturally ventilated offshore modules. 7th Annual Conf. on
Offshore Installations: Hazard Management and Fire and Explosion Engineering, ERA
Technology 98-0958, Proceedings
1999
Britter, R.E. Recent research on the dispersion of hazardous materials. International
Conference and Workshop on Modelling Consequences of Accidental Releases of
Hazardous Materials, San Francisco, A.I.Ch.E/C.C.P.S. Proceedings (page 97-132)
Savvides, C., Britter, R.E. et al. Gas dispersion in a congested, partially confined volume.
International Conference and Workshop on Modelling Consequences of Accidental
Releases of Hazardous Materials, San Francisco, A.I.Ch.E/C.C.P.S. Proceedings (page 435
to 457)
Daish N.C., Britter R.E. et al. SMEDIS: Scientific Model Evaluation Techniques applied
to Dense Gas Dispersion Models in Complex Situations. International Conference and
Workshop on Modelling Consequences of Accidental Releases of Hazardous Materials,
San Francisco, A.I.Ch.E/C.C.P.S. Proceedings (page 345 to 372).
Cleaver R. P, Britter R. E. et al. Analysis of gas build-up from high pressure natural gas
releases in naturally ventilated offshore modules. 8th Annual Conference on Safety on
Offshore Installations, London, November. Proceedings, ERA Technology
2000
Cooke K. M., Caton F., Di Sabatino S., Britter R., Simmonds P.G., Nickless G. Tracers
and dispersion of gaseous pollutants in the urban canopy. EUROTRAC – 2 Symposium
2000. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 27 – 31 March 2000, Proceedings
Ratti, C., Caton, F., Di Sabatino, S. and Britter, R.E. Morphological parameters for urban
pollution models. Proceedings PLEA (Passive and Low Energy Architecture) Conference,
2 – 5 July, Cambridge, 775-776. Best accompanying poster at Conference. Proceedings as
Architecture City Environment – Proceedings of PLEA-2000 (ISBN 1-902916-16-6)
Hanna, S., Britter, R. E. Effects of urban and industrial roughness obstacles on maximum
pollutant concentrations. Proceedings NATO CCMS International Technical Meeting on
Air Pollution Modelling and its Applications, Boulder, USA. May.
Britter, R. E., Caton, F., Di Sabatino, S., Cooke, K., Simmonds, P. and Nickless, G.
Dispersion of a passive tracer within and above an urban canopy: Birmingham U.K.,
experiment. American Meteorological Society; 3rd Symposium on Urban Environment 14-
18 August., Davis CA, USA. Proceedings, 30-31.
Cooke, K. M., Simmonds, P. G., Nickless, G., Caton, F., Di Sabatino, S., Britter, R. E.
Tracers and Dispersion of Gaseous Pollutants. Proceedings of the URGENT Annual
Meeting – Cardiff., in Press.
Ratti, C. F., Di Sabatino, S., Caton, F., and Britter, R. E. An Application of Digital Elevation
Model Data to Urban Dispersion Modelling. American Meteorological Society 3rd
Symposium on Urban Environment 14-18 August., Davis CA, USA. Proceedings, 9-10.
Best presentation at Conference.
Neophytou, M. K. and Britter, R. E. Buoyancy generated turbulent flows in semi-enclosed
regions: applications to oil-production technology. Advances in Turbulence VIII,
Proceedings of the 8th European Turbulence Conference, Editor: C. Dopazo
2001
Britter, R. E., Caton, F., Cooke, K. E., Di Sabatino, S., Simmonds, P.G. and Nickless, G.
Results from three field tracers experiments at the neighbourhood scale in the city of
Birmingham, UK. International Conference on Urban Air Quality, Loutraki, Greece, 19-23
March 2001, Proceedings.
Caton, F., Britter, R. E. and Dalziel, S. Flow field, dispersion and transfer in a street
canyon; a process study. 3rd International Conference on Urban Air Quality, Loutraki,
Greece. 19-23 March 2001, Proceedings.
Ratti, C., Di Sabatino, S., Caton, F., Britter, R. E., Brown, M. and Burian, S. Analysis of 3-
D urban databases with respect to the pollution dispersion for a number of European and
American cities. 3rd International Conference on Urban Air Quality, Loutraki, Greece. 19-
23 March 2001, Proceedings.
Hanna, S. and Britter, R. E. The effect of roughness obstacles on flow and dispersion in
urban and industrial areas. Seventh International Conference on Harmonisation of
Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes. Lake Maggiore, Italy, May
28-31, Proceedings.
Britter, R., Caton, F., Cooke, K., Di Sabatino, S., Nickless, G. and Simmonds, P. Analysis
of measurement from three tracer experiments in the city of Birmingham U.K.
NERC/URGENT Annual Conference, Birmingham 4-6 April 2001, Proceedings
Simmonds, P.G., Cooke, K.M., Nickless, G., Britter, R. and Di Sabatino, S. Tracer
Technology and the study of atmosphere dispersion in the Urban Environment.
NERC/URGENT Annual Conference, Birmingham 4-6 April 2001, Proceedings.
Britter, R.E. and Hanna, S. Flow and dispersion in urban canopies. American Physical
Society: 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego CA, November
18-20. Abstracted in Bulletin APS, 46, 10, p84.
Britter, R.E, Hanna, S.R. and Bentham, T. Flow and dispersion in urban and industrial areas. 3rd Int. Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Tempe, AZ, Proceedings.
Cleaver, R.P and Britter, R.E. A Workbook approach to estimating the flammable volume
produced by a gas release R416, FABIG Newsletter Issue 30 – Oct 2001.
2002
Hanna, S.R., Franzese, P. and Britter, R.E. Simple screening models for urban dispersion.
Proceedings: Eighth Internat. Conf. on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion
Modelling for Regulatory Purposes (eds. E. Batchvarova and D. Syrakov). ISBN 954-9526-
12-7, Demetra Ltd., Akad. G. Bonchov Str., Block 8, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, 269-273
Hanna, S.R., Britter, R.E. and Franzese, P. Another simple urban dispersion model. 4th
American Meteorological Society Symposium on the Urban Environment 20-24 May,
Norfolk VA, Proceedings.
Britter, R.E. and Hanna, S.R. Vertical dispersion at short range from near-ground
continuous sources in a neutral boundary layer. American Meteorological Society 12th
Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology Proceedings, 20-24
May, Norfolk VA, Proceedings.
Lehmann, E., Franzese, P., Hanna, S., Hamer, N. and Britter, R.E. Testing and
development of comprehensive evaluation methodologies for urban dispersion models and
their relation to users needs requirements. 4th American Meteorological Society
Symposium on the Urban Environment 20-24 May, Norfolk VA, Proceedings.
Kastner-Klein, P., Ketzel, M., Di Sabatino, S., Berkowicz, R., Britter, R. and Federovich, E.
Significance of traffic produced turbulence for urban dispersion modelling. 4th American
Meteorological Society Symposium on the Urban Environment 20-24 May, Norfolk VA,
Proceedings.
Di Sabatino, S., Ratti, C. and Britter, R.E. Modelling the urban flow field and pollution
dispersion using digital elevation models. 4th American Meteorological Society Symposium
on the Urban Environment 20-24 May, Norfolk VA, Proceedings.
Colville, R.N., Kaur, S., Britter, R.E., Robins, A. et. al. Sustainable development of urban transport systems and human exposure to air pollution. Proc. of the Seventh Highway and Urban Pollution Symposium, Barcelona, May.
Colville, R.N. et. al. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????Understanding transport-related exposure to air pollution. Institute of Environmental Health: Air Pollution
2003
Neophytou, M.K., Goussis, D., Mastorakos, E., Britter, R.E., The development of a scale-
adaptive reactive diffusion model. 4th International Conference on Urban Air Quality,
Prague, Czech Republic, Proceedings.
Neophytou, M.K. and Britter R. E. Modelling buoyancy-generated turbulent flow in semi-
enclosed regions: an application to the dynamics of tunnel fires. Turbulence, Heat and Mass
Transfer 4, K.Hanjalic, Y. Nagano and M.Tummers (Editors), 2003 Begell House Inc.
Law, A.K., Choi, E.C.C., Ryan, P.J., and Britter, R.E., Re-Circulation of Pollutants around
Buildings. Workshop on Physical Modelling of Flow and Dispersion Phenomena,
University of Florence, Sept 3-5, Proceedings.
2004
Vardoulakis, S., Dimitrova, R., Camilleri, G., Hamlyn, D., Richards, K., Sini, J.-F., Britter,
R.E., Borrego, C., Moussiopoulos, N., Schatzmann, M., Inter-comparison of CFD models
within ATREUS: Single building configuration. ERCOFTAC Conference on “ Urban
Scale CFD”, Nottingham (UK), 9-10 September 2004. Proceedings
Hanna, S., Fabian, P., Chang, J., Venkatram, A., Britter, R.E., Neophytou, M., Brook, D.,
Use of Urban 2000 field data to determine whether there are significant differences
between the performance measures of several urban dispersion models. Paper 7.3, Fifth
Conference on Urban Environment, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver.
Arnold, S., ….Britter, R.E. …….. Dispersion of Air Pollution and Penetration into the
Local Environment-DAPPLE, Poster presentation, Fifth Conference on Urban
Environment, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver.
Colvile, R.N., Kaur, S., ….Britter, R.E., et.al. Personal exposure to air pollution at a street
canyon intersection: implications for air quality management in the context of sustainable
development. 13 th World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress and
Exhibition, Aug 22-27, London, UK, Proceedings.
Britter R.E. and Robins A.G., Emergency Response: Experiments and Modelling, 13 th
World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress and Exhibition, Aug 22-27,
London, UK, Proceedings
Di Sabatino, S., E. Solazzo, P. Paradisi, and R. E. Britter (2004): “Modelling the flow field
for environmental applications”. First International Conference Applied Geophysics for
Engineering. 13-15 October, Messina (IT).
2005
Neophytou, M., Britter, R.E., Martin, D., Price, C., Nickless, G., and Shallcross, D., Results
from a tracer release experiment in London (UK) and comparisons with predictions from
urban dispersion models. 5th International Conference on Urban Air Quality, Valencia,
Spain, 29-31 March, Proceedings
Colvile, R.N., Arnold, S., ….Britter, R.E. …….DAPPLE project update 2005: Integration
of methods to understand pollutant effects pathways in the urban environment. 5th
International Conference on Urban Air Quality, Valencia, Spain, 29-31 March, Proceedings
Di Sabatino, S., Buccoleri, R., Pulvirenti, B., Britter, R.E., Flow and pollutant dispersion
modelling in a street canyon using FLUENT and ADMS-Urban. 5th International
Conference on Urban Air Quality, Valencia, Spain, 29-31 March, Proceedings
Di Sabatino, S., Britter, R.E., Modelling the flow over an urban roughness, 5th International
Conference on Urban Air Quality, Valencia, Spain, 29-31 March, Proceedings
Hamlyn, D., and Britter, R.E., Investigation of flow and exchange in urban canopies. 5th
International Conference on Urban Air Quality, Valencia, Spain, 29-31 March, Proceedings
Britter, R.E., Flow and turbulence parameterisation for urban areas, 5th International
Conference on Urban Air Quality, Valencia, Spain, 29-31 March, Proceedings
Solazzo,E., Di Sabatino, S., and Britter, R.E., Transfer processes in a simulated urban
street canyon using morphological parameters from DEM analysis, 5th International
Conference on Urban Air Quality, Valencia, Spain, 29-31 March, Proceedings
Di Sabatino, S., Solazzo, E. and Britter R.E. Modelling techniques for flow and dispersion
characteristics prediction in urban areas. EAGE- Near Surface Conference 4-8 September
Palermo, Italy
DiSabatino, S., Solazzo, E., Paradisi, P. and Britter, R.E., Modelling the flow field for environmental applications. 1St International Conference on Applied Geophysics for Engineering, 13-15 October, Messina, Italy
Neophytou M and Britter R.E. (2005). Modelling of atmospheric Dispersion in Complex Urban
Topographies: a Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of the Central London Area. Proceedings
of the 5th International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Limassol-Cyprus, June 29 – July
1st, 2005
Neophytou M and Britter R.E. (2006). Inter-Comparison of urban pollution dispersion models based on recent results from a tracer release experiment in London (UK). 8th Highway and Urban Environment Symposium, Nicosia-Cyprus, 12-14 June 2006. Accepted for Presentation.
Neophytou, M.K. and Britter, R.E., Evaluation of Urban Dispersion Models against the
DAPPLE field data. 10th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric
Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Crete, Greece, 17-20 October, Proceedings
Vardoulakis, S., Dimitrova, R., …… Britter, R.E., …..Moussiopoulos, N. Numerical model
inter-comparison for a single block building within ATREUS, 10th International
Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory
Purposes, Crete, Greece, 17-20 October, Proceedings
DiSabatino, S., Britter, R.E., Cataldo, R., Chirizzi, C. and Ratti, C., Derivation and analysis
of flow and pollutant dispersion parameters from urban Digital Elevation Models (DEMs),
European Geophysical Union Congress, Wien, Austria, Proceedings
2006
Di Sabatino, S., Buccolieri, R., Pulvirenti and Britter, R.E. Application and validation of
FLUENT flow modelling within complex geometries. 28th NATO/CCMS
International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application (ITM). 15-
19 May, Leipzig, Germany, Proceedings.
Santese, F., Di Sabatino, S., Solazzo, E. and Britter R.E. Modelling an urban heat island in
The context of a Mediterranean city. . 28th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting
on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application (ITM). 15-19 May, Leipzig, Germany
Hamlyn, D., Britter, R.and Hilderman, T. A Study of the Canopy Top Region in Arrays of Urban-Type Roughness Combining Laser Doppler Velocimetry, Flow Visualisation and Computational Fluid Dynamics to Characterise the Flow Patterns and the Canopy Top Exchange Mechanisms. 6th International Conference on Urban Climatology, Goteborg, Sweden, 12-16 June, Proceedings
Solazzo, E., Dudek, A., Oxizidis, S., Britter, R., and Nordeng, T., From meso-scale to street scale: a downscaling procedure using statistical and CFD models. The Lisbon case study. 6th International Conference on Urban Climatology, Goteborg, Sweden, 12-16 June, Proceedings
Dimitrova, R., Richards, K., Weeks, M., Vardoulakis, S., Solazzo, E., Schatzmann, M., Sini, J-F., Borrego, C., and Britter, R.E., Numerical modelling of microclimatic conditions within the vicinity of buildings. Conference on Urban Climatology, Goteborg, Sweden, 12-16 June, Proceedings
Hanna, S.R., Lee, G., Belonger, D., Drivas, P.J., Britter, R. E., and Hansen, O. Estimating emissions of toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) released as a result of accidents or sabotage. 10th Annual GMU Conference on Atmospheric Turbulence and Dispersion, Fairfax, VA, 1-3 August 2006.
Neophytou, M., Hamlyn, D., and Britter, R.E. Turbulent flow structures in transport and mixing processes in complx urban geometries. IUTAM Symposium on Computational Physics New Perspectives in Turbulence, October, Japan, Proceedings
2007
Kumar, P., Britter, R. and Gupta, N. Hydrogen Fuel: Opportunities and Barriers. Society of Automotive Engineers, Fuels and Emissions Conference, 07SFL-116, Proceedings
INTERNAL REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS
1967
Britter, R.E. Installation testing and analysis of a regenerative evaporative cooler. Internal
Report No. 45, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation, Division of
Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne.
Britter, R.E. Characteristics of pool boiling from a liquid-liquid interface. Report MME
67/1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Australia.
1973
Britter, R.E. Hot-wire anemometer techniques in isothermal and non-isothermal turbulent
flows. MMEL Rep. No 20, Monash University, Australia.
Britter, .RE. Measurement of temperature fluctuations at frequencies up to 2 KHz. MMEL
Rep. No. 21 Monash University, Australia.
Britter, R.E. The velocity sensitivity calibration of hot- wire anemometers. MMEL Rep.
No 22, Monash University, Australia.
Britter, R.E. the velocity sensitivity calibration of hot- wire anemometers. MMEL Rep. No. 23, Monash University, Australia.
1974
Britter, R.E. An experiment on turbulence in a density stratified fluid. Ph.D. Thesis,
Monash University, Australia.
1977
Britter, R.E. Dispersion of spills of dense gases, TNGR.0120.77, Shell Research Ltd.
1979
Snyder, W.H. and Britter, R.E. Sanspray boundary layer characterisation Data Report,
Fluid Modelling Facility, U.S.E.P.A., Res. Tri. Park., N.C., 78 pages.
1980
Britter, R.E., Melbourne, W.H. and Spillane, K.T. Course notes for `Dispersion of
Atmospheric Pollutants'. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Australia.
1981
Lamb, V.R. and Britter, R.E. shallow water flow over an isolated obstacle. U.S.E.P.A.
Report, Available from U.S.E.P.A. Research Triangle Park, N.C. USA.
1981
Lawson, R.E. and Britter, R.E. Hot-wire and hot-film data correction in low velocity
turbulent flow. U.S.E.P.A. Report. Available from U.S.E.P.A. Research Triangle Park,
NC, USA.
1982
Britter, R.E. Special topics on dispersion of dense gases. Research Laboratory Services
Division, Health Safety Executive, Sheffield, England, pp.108.
1985
Britter, R.E. and Stretch, D.D. On the structure of turbulent boundary layers. Report to
Topexpress Ltd., Cambridge, pp.70.
1986
Britter, R.E. Workbook for Dense Gas Dispersion. Report to U.K. Health & Safety
Executive, pp.210.
Britter, R.E. and Snyder, W.H. Data Report on Dense Gas Project. U.S.E.P.A.
1987
Britter, R.E. Assessment of the Use of Cold Gas in a Windtunnel to Investigate the
Influence of Thermal Effects on the Dispersion of LNG Vapour clouds. CUED/A –
Aero/TR 14.
1989
Chew, T.C. and Britter, R.E. Effects of geometrical straining on turbulence levels in
explosions and common burner configurations. CUED/A - Thermo/TR 29.
Britter, R.E. Experiments on some effects of obstacles on dense-gas dispersion. U.K.
Atomic Energy Authority, Safety and Reliability Directorate. Report No SRD R407.
1991
Britter, R.E., Cleaver, R.P. and Cooper, M.G. Development of a simple model for the
dispersion of denser-than-air vapour clouds over real terrain. British Gas Midlands
Research Station, MRS. E 622.
Britter, R.E. The evaluation of technical models used for major-accident hazard installations. Report to Commission of the European Communities, DG XII/E-1. Report No. EUR-14774-EN Cambridge University Engineering Department Report No. CUED/A-AERO/TR. 19.
Bidokhti, A.A. and Britter, R.E. Experiments on grid turbulence in strongly stratified uniform and shear flows. Poster presentation Euromech 288, Lyons, France.
Britter R.E. Assessment of JETDISP model. Report to BP Engineering Ltd
Britter R.E. Assessment of HEDADAS model. Report to BP Engineering Ltd
Britter R.E. Assessment of JETDISP/HEGADAS LINK model. Report to BP Engineering Ltd
Britter R.E. Assessment of JETDISP INPUT model. Report to BP Engineering Ltd
1992
Britter, R.E. Some current topics in Europe on air quality modelling and hazardous
accidental releases. The 11th Int. Conf. of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New
Zealand, Brisbane, July 1992. (To appear in Clean Air.)
Britter R.E. Assessment of POOL FIRE model. Report to BP Engineering Ltd
Britter R.E. Assessment of FIREBALL model. Report to BP Engineering Ltd
1993
Britter, R.E. The evaluation of technical models used for major-accident hazard
installations. Report to Commission of the European Communities, DG XII/E-1. Report
No. EUR-14774-EN.
1994
Panwar, R.S., Cowan, I.R. and Britter, R.E. Concentration fluctuation models: a
comparative study. University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering Technical Report
CUED/A - AERO/TR. 24.
Woodburn, P.J. and Britter, R.E. Comparison of numerical and experimental results for a
fire in a tunnel. U.K. Health and Safety Executive.
Britter, R.E. Course Notes for Cambridge Programme for Industry “The Fundamentals and
Use of Consequence Models for Risk Assessment”, 14-16 March, Cambridge.
Britter, R.E., Dispersion of Two Phase Flashing Releases–FLADIS field experiment;
The modelling of a pseudo-source for complex releases. Cambridge Environmental
Research Consultants Ltd. Report FM 89/2
1995
Britter, R.E. et al. Policy Statement of the Royal Meteorological Society. Atmospheric
Dispersion Modelling: Guidelines on the justification of choice and use of models, and the
communication and reporting of results. Royal Meteorological Society, May, 1995.
Britter, R.E., Dispersion of Two Phase Flashing Releases–FLADIS field experiment;
A further note on modelling flashing releases. Cambridge Environmental
Research Consultants Ltd. Report FM 89/3
Britter, R.E.,Mixing Tests on Oil Storage Tanks, Cambridge Environmental
Research Consultants Ltd. Report FM 25/89
Britter, R.E., A study of Concentration Fluctuations in plumes; a) Brief Review. Cambridge
Environmental Research Consultants Ltd. Report FM 127 March
Britter, R.E., A study of Concentration Fluctuations in plumes. Cambridge Environmental
Research Consultants Ltd. Report FM 127 November
1997
Schatzmann, M., Rafailidas, S., Britter, R., Arend, M. Database, Monitoring and Modelling
of Urban Air Pollution Inventory of Models and Data. European Commission, ISBN 92-
827 - 9736-8. 109 pages.
1998
Bozo, L., Carratala, D., Millan, M.M., Palmgren, F., Arend, M. and Britter, R. E. (Eds.)
Urban Air Quality Monitoring Strategies and Objectives in European Cities. European
Commission, DG XII
Britter, R.E. The evaluation of model quality COST CITAIR Newsletter, DG XII E.C.
Schatzmann, M., Britter, R., Moussiopoulas, W., Palmgren, F., Rasse, D. and Zuber, A.
Cost Action 615: Database Monitoring and Modelling of Urban Air Pollution, Final Report,
EC/DG XII.
1999
Di Sabatino, S., Britter, R.E. and Carruthers, D.J. The traffic and heat induced
turbulence in operational dispersion models. Poster presentation at the 3rd SATURN
Workshop, Aveiro, Portugal 23-25 August.
Di Sabatino, S., Britter, R.E. and Carruthers, D.J. Definition of a scientific evaluation
concept for urban dispersion model. Poster presentation at the 3rd SATURN Workshop,
Aveiro, Portugal 23-25 August.
2000
Neophytou, M. K. and Britter, R. E. Buoyancy generated turbulent flows in semi-
encloseded regions: applications to oil-production technology. Poster presentation at the
8th European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, Spain; June 27.
Cooke, K.M., Di Sabatino, S., Britter, R.E., Caton, F., Simmonds, P.G. and Nickless, G.
Tracers and dispersion of gaseous pollutants in urban areas; Birmingham Tracer
Experiments Technical Report: November NERC/URGENT Project Ref GST/02/1974.
2001
Cooke, K.M., Di Sabatino, S., Britter, R.E., Caton, F., Simmonds, P.G. and Nickless, G.
Tracers and dispersion of gaseous pollutants in urban areas; Birmingham Tracer
Experiment Data Report. University of Cambrige, Engineering Department Report.
CUED/A-AERO/TR-27
Hanna, S.R., Britter, R. and Franzese, P. The effect of roughness obstacles on flow and
dispersion in urban and industrial areas. Proc. 5th Annual GMU Transport and Dispersion
Modelling Workshop.
2004
Neophytou M.K. and Britter R.E. 5 DAPPLE Notes
Arnold, S., ……Britter, R.E., et. al., The DAPPLE Project, International Association of
Urban Climatology, Newsletter, Oct/Dec.
Hunt J.C.R., Carruthers D.J., Daish N., Britter R.E. Dispersion from Accidental Releases in
Urban Areas. Report for Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Liaison Committee, National
Radiological Protection Board, UK.
2005
Salmond J. and Britter R.E. Urban Climatology and its Applications; Proceedings July 7/8
Workshop , Pembroke College, Cambridge. Available as a CD from the authors.
2006
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics: Published Lecture Notes on Introduction to Wind. 20-23 February 2006, Brussels, Belgium including two chapters; „Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Environments: Background” and “Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Environments: Field Tests and CFD”.
RECENT RESEARCH CONTRACTS
1997
N.E.R.C. Effects of Urban Form on Dispersion £ 75,000 2 years
and Chemical Transformation of Pollutants.
1998
Case Award/Ford; Generation of nano particles £ 55,000 3 years
from engine exhausts
British Gas, Computational Study of Under- £12,000
expanded jets in congested areas using adaptive
unstructured grids
1999
The Effect of External Flow on Interior Air Quality S$ 256,520 3 years
At Nanyang Technological University.
(with Professors Law and Choi).
2000
EPSRC JREI Jan, 2000 Measurements, £ 149,357
characterisation and dilution of nanoparticles
emitted from internal combusion engines
(with Dr. N. Collings)
2002
Cambridge – MIT Institute; Teaching/Learning £ 85,150
of Engineering and Technology, 2 years
EPSRC
DAPPLE – Dispersion of Air Pollutants £123,579
and Penetration into the Local Environment.
Part of £ 1.6 M contract
European Commission
ATREUS – Advanced Tools for Rational Energy € 199,919, £124,950
Use towards Sustainability with emphasis on
microclimatic issues in urban applications.
Part of 1.5 M Euro contract
2003
Cambridge-MIT Institute, Undergraduate Research £ 60,000
Opportunities Programme (UROP)
2004
Cambridge-MIT Institute, Undergraduate Research £ 60,000
Opportunities Programme (UROP)
Cambridge-MIT Institute, Teaching the Fundamentals: £ 150,000
A study of pedagogical techniques.
Part of £600,000 contract
NERC: Institute for Aviation and the Environment. £ 220,000 (With others)
EPSRC: Novel Techniques for simulating the dispersion of reactive pollutants in the atmosphere. £ 139,216 (With Dr. Mastorakos)
COST 732 Quality assurance and Improvement of Micro-Scale Meteorological Models
Approx Euro 1,000,000 between 15 participants
2005
Cambridge-MIT Institute: Undergraduate Research £ 60,000
Opportunities Programme (UROP)
Dept for Transport: Personal Research Project on the Future Development of Heathrow Airport £ 25,000
EPSRC: Air Transport £ 800,000 (With others)
2006
SRIF/HEFCA OMEGA £ 5,000,000 (With others)
Home Office Dispersion Studies £ 800,000 (With others)
RECENT COURSES LECTURED WITHIN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
2nd year
3rd year
Boundary Layer Theory 12 lectures
Engineering Area Activity: Flow Visualisation
4th year
Turbulence 8 lectures
Flow Instability 8 lectures
M. Phil Modules
Sustainable Energy 16 lectures
I also teach 1st and 2nd year courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at Pembroke College.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES RECENTLY HELD
- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
· Teaching Committee
· Chairman Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics teaching sub-committee
· Civil Engineering teaching sub-committee
· Departmental Committee to develop new courses for 1st and 2nd year
· Departmental Committee to develop new laboratory courses
· Faculty Board ( 1 Jan 2004 to 31 Dec 2006)
- Pembroke College
· Investments Committee
· Buildings Committee
- University of Cambridge
· Committee for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
· Appointments Committee for Faculty and Departmental Secretaries
I HAVE UNDERTAKEN FORMAL, PAID CONSULTANCY FOR:
· Cremer Warner, Consulting Engineers, London
· U.K. Health Safety Executive
· Plenty Products, U.K.
· EI Du Point De Nemours, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.A.
· Shell U.K.
· Environmental Research Technology, Concord, Mass. U.S.A.
· British Gas Corporation
· Topexpress Ltd., Scientific and Computer Consultants, Cambridge
· Alyeska (U.S.A.)
· British Petroleum
· Four Elements, Ltd.
· Risk Analysis, Ltd.
· Sigma Research (U.S.A.)
· Earthtech (U.S.A.)
· Hanna Consultants (USA)
· UK National Radiological Protection Board
· US Dept of Defence
· US Army
· Nelsons: Solicitors
· Plus more
I HAVE UNDERTAKEN INFORMAL, UNPAID CONSULTANCY FOR:
· U.K. Department of Industry, Warren Spring Laboratory
· Shell U.K.
· U.K. National Ports Council
· U.K. Safety and Reliability Directorate
· U.K. National Radiological Protection Board
· Home Office
· UK Dept of Transport
· Plus More
I REFEREE PAPERS FOR:
· Jnl. of Fluid Mechanics
· Jnl. of Hazardous Materials
· Atmospheric Environment
· Quarterly Jnl. of Royal Met Soc
· American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
· Physics of Fluids
· Boundary Layer Meteorology
· Plus more
ADDITIONAL DETAILED CURRICULUM VITAE
1986
I was asked to visit scientists in India to discuss the chemical accident at Bhopal on behalf
of the U.K. Overseas Development Administration.
Member of Local Organising Committee of `G.I.Taylor' Conference.
1987
A short film (about 10 mins) about my research work on the dispersion of hazardous
materials appeared in the Frontiers programme on I.T.V.
Organised EUROMECH 122 with Prof. Bray and Dr Hunt.
1988
Invited to be an E.E.C. expert at progress meeting of contractors for E.E.C. programme on MAJOR HAZARDS.
Assisted the Scientific Committee of the Investigation into the fire at King's Cross underground station.
1989
Member of Local Organising Committee of IUTAM Conference on Topological Fluid Mechanics.
Invited to `Centre for Turbulence Research' at Stanford Univ./N.A.S.A. Ames for 1 month.
Further visit to India on behalf of U.K. Overseas Development Administration.
1990
Guest Lecturer, Air Pollution modelling for Environmental Impact Assessment, College on Atmospheric Boundary Layers. 4-15 June, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
Proposal evaluator for European Commission, STEP program.
1991
Guest Lecturer, ETH Zurich supported by British Council and Swiss
National Science Foundation.
Organised and Chaired 2 Day Colloqium for the Commission of European Communities on Major Technological Hazards, Frankfurt.
1992
Work at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as part of Cambridge-Nanyang collaboration.
1992-1994
Expert Witness, Milner-Fenerty, Canada.
1992-1995
Founding Member of the Model Evaluation Group (6 members) set up by the European Commission, Major Industrial Hazards programme.
1993
Further visit to India on behalf of the Overseas Development Administration.
Proposal Evaluator for European Commission, Environment and Climate Programme.
1994
Guest Lecturer, Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Air Pollution Modelling, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 16 May – 3 June.
Organised and presented a 2½ Day Course for the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry. The Fundamentals and Use of Consequence Models for Risk Assessment, 14 - 16 March, 1994.
Working Group Member; Guidelines on Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling. Royal Meteorological Society.
Invited Lecture; Steel Construction Institute, Current European Research, London and Aberdeen, U.K.
Scientific Committee: Indo-U.S. Workshop, Delhi, India.
Appointed Supervisor to ``International Science and Technology Centre, Moscow''. Project Number 47.
1995
International Scientific Committee. 4th Workshop on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Oostende, Belgium.
1995
Invited Lecture: Offshore Fires and Explosions, Aberdeen, U.K.
Expert Witness; Eversheds, U.K.
Scientific Peer Reviewer to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, U.S.A.
Proposal Evaluator for European Commission, Environment and Climate Programme.
Commissioned (under fixed price contract) to write a book for the European Commission describing advances obtained under the Major Industrial Hazards programme since inception some 12 years ago.
Invited Participant; Hazardous Chemical Spills in Tunnels, Zurich, Switzerland.
Member of Panel to develop a policy statement of the Royal Meteorological Society “Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling Guidelines” on the justification of choice and use of models and the communication and reporting of results.
Invited to Chair workshop on Advances in Source and Dispersion Modelling” at A.I. Ch.E./C.C.P.S. International Conference and Workshop on Modelling and Mitigating the Consequences of Accidental Release of Hazardous Materials. September, 1995, New Orleans, U.S.A.
Member of International Scientific Committee Fourth Workshop on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes.
1995-1997
One of two U.K. delegates (proposed by the Department of the Environment) to the COST CITAIR project of the E.C. on Urban Pollution – COST 615.
Member of Scientific Advisory Committee U.S. Petroleum Environmental Resource Fund Dispersion Programme, 93-16.
1996
One of panel of five invited to assist Austrian Government on evaluation of a large research project U.S. $ 4.5 M for the study of urban dispersion problems in Austrian cities.
1997
Expert witness, Eversheds.
1997 - 2001
Steering Committee : Project Saturn. (EUROTRAC – 2, studying atmospheric pollution in urban areas)
Member of EU funded project TRAPOS (optimisation of modelling methods for traffic pollution in streets)
1998
Organised and Chaired: Cambridge Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies 1 day seminar on “Perspectives on Urban Air Quality”.
1999
Scientific Committee 6th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Rouen, France.
Scientific Committee 8th Int. Sym. On Transport and Air Pollution, Graz, Austria
Member of 3 person panel commissioned to review (4 days) and report on a major section of the UK Health and Safety Executives Research Programme
2001
Scientific Committee 7th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Lake Maggiore, Italy.
2002
Scientific Committee 8th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Sofia, Bulgaria
Keynote Address; UK Wind Engineering Society, Nottingham, UK
Invited Lecture Series; Flow and Dispersion in the Urban Environment, Lecce, Italy
2003
Scientific Committee 9th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
2004
Adviser to BBC for production of “London Under Attack”. One hour Panorama program.
2005
Scientific Committee 10th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Crete
2007
Local Organising Committee and Scientific Committee 11th Int. Conf. On Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Cambridge