The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Environment has been awarded a $5.7 million contract with the Environmental Protection Agency to continue and expand their operation of the Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) center. The center’s technology models air quality and pollution levels; the advanced, open-source program is designed to allow national and international modeling experts to contribute to and refine tools for addressing air quality issues.
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