Air Quality Modeling

The Center for Environmental Modeling for Policy Development (CEMPD), is a team of research faculty, scientists and engineers dedicated to supporting sound policy making through the development and application of environmental software and models. Our clients and collaborators include government, industrial and academic professionals who utilize our services to generate and understand environmental information.

To find out more about what we do, select from the following focus areas:

• Air Quality Modeling Research and Application
• State Implementation Plan (SIP) Applications
• Software Development
• Education

Latest News

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  A Holiday Message + Year-in-Review from the UNC Institute for the Environment

  As we close in on the end of 2021, we reflect on the many accomplishments of our faculty, staff and students. We wish you a restful and happy holiday and very best wishes for the New Year. Please click the … Continued

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  CMAS Conference celebrates 20th anniversary with record attendance at 2021 virtual event in November

  The Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Conference at the UNC Institute for the Environment held its 20th annual event Nov. 1-5, 2021 with a record number of registrants representing 19 countries and more than 360 attendees. This is the … Continued

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  Electric Vehicles Expected to Play Huge Role in Environment and Daily Lives Around the World (Cheddar News | Nov. 30, 2021)

  Sarav Arunachalam, air pollution scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, joins Cheddar Climate, where he discusses what he needs to happen when it comes to EV production on a global level to help reduce the effects … Continued

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  Planes, trains and automobiles: It’s transport day at COP26. Here’s what you need to know. (Washington Post | Nov. 9, 2021)

  UNC Institute for the Environment Deputy Director and Research Professor Sarav Arunachalam talks to the Washington Post about transportation emissions ahead of transport day at #COP26. The COP26 climate summit has entered its thornier, more difficult stages — when scores … Continued