It employs 3-dimensional meteorological data provided by the Met Office's Unified National Weather Prediction Model.
[3] NAME uses a puff technique when modelling dispersion over a short range which shortens the time needed to compute the pollutant concentrations at the receptors.
The Met Office has international commitments [6] to provide emergency response dispersion modelling services for releases of hazardous gases and materials into the atmosphere.
That team is also responsible for the scientific development of NAME III which, combined with the Met Office numerical weather prediction model, is used to provide the dispersion modelling services needed to implement the listed commitments: Over the years, NAME has been applied to radioactive releases, the Kuwaiti oil fires, major industrial fires and chemical spills, and two volcanic eruptions in Iceland.
[4] For those who are unfamiliar with air pollution dispersion modelling and would like to learn more about the subject, it is suggested that either one of the following books be read: