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AIR POLLUTION CLIMATOLOGY OF AN ISOLATED POINT SOURCE USING CONVECTIVE SCALING PARAMETERS
Citation:
Pierce, T. AIR POLLUTION CLIMATOLOGY OF AN ISOLATED POINT SOURCE USING CONVECTIVE SCALING PARAMETERS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-88/333 (NTIS PB89206668).
Description:
An air pollution climatology, which incorporated convective scaling parameters, is used to investigate the conditions associated with hourly sulfur dioxide concentrations from a coal-fired power plant. ne year of data from the Paradise power plant in central Kentucky (UeSeAs) was analyzed. ariables which were examined included emission rate, plume rise, wind speed, wind direction, stability class, convective scaling velocity, and similarity categories. he results show the meteorological conditions leading to high surface concentrations are the daytime hours having neutral/unstable atmospheric stability, light winds, and ,effective plume height to mixing height ratios typically greater than 0.85. n more than half of the 30 hours of highest observed concentrations, the atmospheric condition satisfy the criteria for mixed-layer scaling.