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RECORD NUMBER: 393 OF 869

Main Title Laboratory and numerical simulation of plume dispersion in stably stratified flow over complex terrain /
Author Lin, Jung-Tai. ; Liu, Hsien-Ta ; Pao, Yih-Ho ; Lilly, Douglas K. ; Israeli., Moshi
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Author Title of a Work
Liu, Hsien-Ta.
Pao, Yih-Ho.
CORP Author Flow Research, Inc., Kent, Wash.;National Environmental Research Center, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Meteorology Lab.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1974
Report Number EPA-650/4-74/044; Flow Res-29; Flow Res-30; EPA-68-02-0800; EPA-ROAP-21ADO
Stock Number PB-254 232
OCLC Number 655302568
Subjects Atmospheric diffusion--Mathematical models ; Atmospheric turbulence--Mathematical models ; Air--Pollution--Utah--Measurement ; Atmospheric circulation--Mathematical models
Additional Subjects Plumes ; Atmospheric diffusion ; Air pollution ; Terrain models ; Environment simulation ; Concentration(Composition) ; Field tests ; Froude number ; Numerical analysis ; Stratification ; Mathematical models ; Laboratory design
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000XKAB.PDF
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EKBD  EPA-650/4-74-044 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 02/07/2011
NTIS  PB-254 232 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vi, [75] in var. pagings : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Abstract Laboratory investigations were conducted in a stably stratified towing tank to investigate the effects of stability and terrain on plume dispersion under extreme atmospheric conditions. A three dimensional idealized model hill (Gaussian shaped saddle) at a scale of 1:2500 was towed through the tank to simulate flow over complex terrain. With reference to plume dispersion over flat terrain, the complex terrain effects revealed from visualization results are (1) the plume rise and spread increases as a result of the reduction of local flow speed-the upstream blocking phenomenon; (2) the plume tends to flow around rather than over the hill, which greatly enhances the lateral spread; (3) pollutants accumulate in the semi-stagnant region immediately upstream and below the ridge line; and (4) downstream of the ridge, pollutants carried over and around the model remain aloft for small Froude number but are carried downward along the lee surface as the Froude number increases. Some quantitative measurements were made as well. A feasibility study of numerical simulation of plume dispersion in stably stratified flow over complex terrain was also conducted. It is shown that a small Froude number expansion technique may be useful for modeling single source diffusion problems when the source lies below the mountain tops. Several methods are discussed for the imposition of radiation boundary conditions in numerical calculations.
Notes EPA project officer: William H. Snyder. Prepared by Flow Research, Inc. "November 1974." Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20) "EPA-650/4-74-044."
Place Published Research Triangle Park, NC
Supplementary Notes Also includes rept. no. 40.
Access Notes Also available online. Location last verified 11/9/10.
Corporate Au Added Ent Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory.; United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.; Flow Research, Inc.
Title Ser Add Ent Research reporting series. Environmental monitoring ; EPA 650/4-74-044.
NTIS Title Notes Final rept. May 73-Feb 74.
PUB Date Free Form Nov 74
Series Title Untraced Environmental monitoring series ; EPA 650/4-74-044
Category Codes 13B; 4A; 68A; 55B; 55E
NTIS Prices PC A05/MF A01
BIB Level m
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
Control Number 326620553
OCLC Time Stamp 20110204124910
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type MERGE
OCLC Rec Leader 01808nam 2200421Ka 45020