Preliminary Review of Flow Models Considered for Use at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Abstract

NPS reviews several diagnostic and prognostic mesoscale windflow models which are currently being considered for use in evaluating plume releases ar Vandenberg Air Force Base. Some issues considered are the various model implementations of: (1) objective analysis; (2) mesoscale meteorological physics; (3) domain size, grid spacing and nesting; (4) lateral, top, and bottom boundary conditions; (5) solution methods; (6) validity of surface layer similarity in complex terrain; (7) temporal variations in the wind field; (8) and model running time and computer power. We also describe possibilities for certain advances in diagnostic windflow modeling and draw conclusions concerning current and future modeling applications for Vandenberg.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205044

Entities

People

  • Gordon E. Schacher
  • Ray F. Kamada

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Clouds
  • Computers
  • Energy
  • Flow Fields
  • Heat Energy
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Layers
  • Meteorology
  • Physics
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Temperature Gradients

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster