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Main Title A numerical and experimental study of stably stratified flow around complex terrain /
Author Riley, James J.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Geller, E. W.
Liu, H. T.
CORP Author Flow Research, Inc., Kent, Wash.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C. Meteorology and Assessment Div.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory ; U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA 600/4-76-021; Flow-Res-58; EPA-68-02-1293
Stock Number PB-262 540
OCLC Number 18906057
Subjects Atmospheric diffusion--Mathematical models ; Atmospheric turbulence--Mathematical models ; Air--Pollution--Mathematical models ; Atmospheric circulation--Mathematical models
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Atmospheric circulation ; Mathematical models ; Atmospheric diffusion ; Partial differential equations ; Terrain models ; Fluid flow ; Numerical analysis ; Stratification
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EJBD  EPA 600/4-76-021 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/11/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/4-76-021 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/25/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-76-021 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-4-76-021 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-262 540 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 30 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Assessment of the environmental impact of the release of pollutants into the atmosphere involves the estimation of diffusion patterns under atmospheric conditions ranging from average to extreme. A detailed knowledge of the wind field is important in the estimation of diffusion patterns, especially if the region of release is characterized by complex terrain. Thus, in the assessment of pollution effects, the understanding and prediction of local wind fields is often very important. One approach to understnading and predicting local wind fields is numerical simulation. A computer program was developed to compute three-dimensional stratified flow around complex terrain for the case of very strong stratification (small internal Froude number). Laboratory experiments were performed for strongly stratified flow past three different terrain models for comparison. The computed results are in fair agreement with the experiments for the cases of two simpler terrain models. The discrepancies are probably attributable to the separated wake in the lee of the models. The agreement was not as good for the case of the more complex terrain. Possible sources of error are discussed in some detail.
Notes
"May 1976." "EPA-600/4-76-021." "Contract no. 68-02.1293. "PB-262-540." Bibliography: leaf 29.