Alper Unal

Assistant Professor 

 
 

Professor Unal specializes in the development and application of atmospheric modeling to help improve air quality management.  Current research includes the relation between uncertainty in emissions inventories and atmospheric modeling.  Dr. Unal completed his PhD dissertation on vehicle emissions modeling and was part of the team that developed the basis for EPA’s MOVES model. Before joining WRI, Dr. Unal worked as Research Scientist at MACTEC, conducting sensitivity analysis on the impact of High Demand Day Units on ozone formation. At WRI, Dr Unal worked as Senior Research Scientist, to develop and implement sustainable transport measures to improve the quality of life of city dwellers.

Selected Publications Kindap, T., U.U. Turuncoglu, S.H. Chen, A. Unal, M. Karaca, 2008, “Potential Threats from a Likely Nuclear Power Plant Accident: a Climatological Trajectory Analysis and Tracer Study” J. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 198, 2393-405. Kindap, T., A. Unal, S. H. Chen, Y. Hu, M. Odman, and M. Karaca, “Study of Air Pollutant Transport in Northern and Western Turkey,” Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XVII, ed. C. Borrego and A. L. Borman, DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-68854-1_70, ISBN 978-0-387-28255-8 (Print) 978-0-387-68854-1 (Online), Part 7, Page 656-658, Springer, USA, 2007. A. Unal “Adaptive Grid Modeling with Direct Sensitivity Method for Predicting the Air Quality Impacts of Biomass Burning,” J. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9892-8, 2008. M.T. Odman, Y. Hu, A. Unal, A.G. Russell, and J.W. Boylan, “Determining the sources of regional haze in the Southeastern U.S. using the CMAQ model,“ J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, vol. 46, No. 11, pp. 1731-1743, November 2007 T. Kindap, A. Unal, S.H. Chen, Y. Hu, M.T. Odman, and M. Karaca “Long-Range Aerosol Transport from Europe to Istanbul, Turkey,” Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 40, No. 19, pp 3536-3547, June 2006 A. Unal, Y. Hu, M. T. Odman, and A.G. Russell “Impacts of aircraft and airport-related emissions on air quality and the importance of comprehensive prescribing the timing, location, mode and type of emissions with application to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport,” Atmospheric Environment, vol. 39, no.32, pp. 5787-5798. October 2005. A. Marmur, A. Unal, J.A. Mulholland, and A.G. Russell “Optimization Based Source Apportionment of PM2.5 Incorporating Gas-to-Particle Ratios,” Environmental Science and Technology, 2005, 39(9):3245-3254 A. Unal, H. C. Frey, N. Rouphail, “Effect of Arterial Signalization and Level of Service on Measured Vehicle Emissions,” (1842)03-2884:47-56 Transportation Research Record. A. Unal, H. C. Frey, N. Rouphail, J. Colyar, “Analysis of Hot Spots using On-Board Measurements,” (54):130-140, 2004, J. of Air and Waste Management H. C. Frey, A. Unal, N. Rouphail, J. Colyar, “On-Road Measurement of Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Using a Portable Instrument,” (53):992-1002, 2003,J. of Air and Waste ManagementUnal_files/WATE-S-08-00576-1.pdfUnal_files/WATE-S-08-00576-1.pdfUnal_files/RegionalHaze.pdfUnal_files/RegionalHaze.pdfUnal_files/LongRange.pdfUnal_files/LongRange.pdfUnal_files/Hartsfield.pdfUnal_files/Hartsfield.pdfUnal_files/Hartsfield.pdfUnal_files/Optimization.pdfUnal_files/Optimization.pdfUnal_files/HotspotsPaper.pdfUnal_files/OnBoardPaper.pdfUnal_files/OnBoardPaper.pdfshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6shapeimage_4_link_7shapeimage_4_link_8shapeimage_4_link_9shapeimage_4_link_10shapeimage_4_link_11shapeimage_4_link_12shapeimage_4_link_13

E-CRG

Istanbul Technical University

Maslak 34469, Istanbul Turkey

Phone: +90-212-285-7141

Fax: +90-212-285-6210

Questions or comments: alper.unal@itu.edu.tr

Updated: May. 11th, 2009