Meteorological monitoring at LANL and the LANL weather machine

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:436811

Baars, J ^[1]

---

1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)

The meteorological monitoring program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) consists of four main components: measurements, analysis, modeling, and data management. Measurements are conducted continuously across a network of towers and other measurement stations. The current network includes four meteorological towers on the Pajarito Plateau, one tower in Los Alamos Canyon, three additional precipitation stations, and one monostatic Doppler SODAR. The towers on the plateau range in height from 46 to 92 m, and the canyon tower is 23 m high. The mean spacing of the plateau towers is {approximately}7 km, so potential sources are never more than 3.5 km from a wind measurement site.

• OSTI ID: 436811
• Report Number(s): CONF-9606116-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 96:005275-0041
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 74; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Reno, NV (United States), 16-20 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
LANL
METEOROLOGY
DATA ACQUISITION
MONITORING
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
WEATHER
WIND