FINAL REPORT DOE/ER/63705-1
Our DOE project is one of the efforts that comprised the Vertical Transport and Mixing Program [VTMX] of the Environmental Sciences Division of the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in Department of Energy and was supported originally by DOE grant ER 62847. The Advanced Regional Prediction System [ARPS] computer code was used to simulate flow in the Salt Lake Valley. The simulations provided evidence that atmospheric forcing interacts with the Jordan Narrows, the Traverse Range and other complex mountain terrain at the south end of the Salt Lake Valley to produce lee rotors, hydraulic jumps and other effects. This continuation grant was designed to allow us to complete our work on VTMX. The primary outcome of this grant was the completion of the dissertation of Dr. Ying Chen. In that work, several turbulence models were tested, a new surface vegetation model was developed, and Weather Research and Forecast code simulations were compared with ARPS runs.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-04ER63705
- OSTI ID:
- 859226
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/63705-1; TRN: US201201%%1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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