Split-level plumes

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · JAPCA, International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Waste Management; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/08940630.1989.10466571· OSTI ID:5032564

Prowell, G H; McGown, M R; Viswanathan, R ^[1]; McElroy, J L ^[2]; Pitchford, M L ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA)
2. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vagas (USA)
3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration, Las Vegas (USA)

Two recent power plant plume studies by mobile, ground-based and airborne lidar have recorded cross-section images of plumes with sharply-defined layered and connected bands of aerosol in the vertical. Of the external parameters considered, wind direction and speed changes in the vertical were found to be associated most with these plum types. Statistical analyses indicated that both direction and speed shear are highly correlated with the layered plumes.

• OSTI ID: 5032564
• Journal Information: JAPCA, International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Waste Management; (USA), Vol. 39:6; ISSN 0894-0630
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
PLUMES
AERIAL MONITORING
DIFFUSION
LASERS
RADAR
STACK DISPOSAL
WIND
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
RANGE FINDERS
SOLS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)