RAINS Version 7.2

RAINS 7.2, released in early 1997, includes the following modules:

• Emission- and cost (EMCO) modules for SO₂, NO_x and NH₃ emissions,
  
• a Deposition and critical loads assessment (DEP) module for acidification and eutrophication,
  
• an Optimization (OPT) module for multi-pollutant (SO₂, NO_x, NH₃)/multi-effect (acidification/eutrophication) optimization, and
  
• an on-line help system.

The following databases are included in RAINS 7.2:

• The 'Official Energy Pathway' compiled from the UN energy database (1990-2010, Status 1996);
  
• for the Member countries of the EU the 'Conventional Wisdom' energy scenario (1990-2010) of DG-XVII of the European Commission;
  
• an 'Agricultural Pathway' up to the year 2010, based on national and international projections;
  
• source-receptor relationships for acidifying pollutants compiled by EMEP/MSC-W, for the average meteorology of 1985-1995;
  
• the databases on critical loads for acidification and eutrophication (status September 1996), as supplied by the Coordination Center for Effects (CCE) at RIVM.

The model and its incorporated databases represent the state of information as of early 1997 and include all information used, e.g., for the first two interim reports of the study on 'Cost-effective Control of Acidification and Ground-level Ozone in Europe', carried out for DG-XI of the Commission of the European Communities.

RAINS 7.2 is operational on Windows95/98/NT platforms (hardware requirements). The RAINS 7.2 software is available from IIASA.

The RAINS 7.2 manual is accessible On-line on the Internet.

May 24, 2000I