PREDICTING DIFFUSION OF ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINANTS BY CONSIDERATION OF TURBULENT CHARACTERISTICS OF WSMR

Abstract

The relationships between the turbulent intensities about the mean flow in the lowest layers of the atmosphere at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and climatological data are discussed in terms of predicting the diffusion of contaminants into the atmosphere. If the turbulent fluctuations observed in the lower portion of the boundary layer are considered representative, then correlations with climatological summaries may be used as a rudimentary estimator for estimating the diffusion power of the atmosphere. A simple empirical diffusion model for general use is also given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0667920

Entities

People

  • Frank V. Hansen

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Boundary Layer
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Radiation
  • Research Facilities
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind Shear

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers