ENVIRONMENTAL-SOFTWARE-CONFERENCE REPORT - 4TH WORKSHOP ON HARMONIZATION WITHIN ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELING FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES, OOSTENDE, BELGIUM, 6-9 MAY 1996

In 1991, scientists and regulators in Europe started the Initiative fo r Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling in Europe. One of the visible actions of this Initiative was the launch of a series of workshops, each one focusing on a particular step towards the achie vement of better tools and data for model evaluation and towards an in creasing awareness that models must be used in an appropriate way for decision making. In the 4th Workshop, an overview was given of relevan t research co-ordinated at the European level, and a first bridge was established to the relevant European Agencies. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scien ce Ltd.