skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Modeling and measurements of nocturnal drainage flows along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains

Abstract

In support of the DOE ASCOT program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has analyzed the wind, temperature, and net radiation measurements acquired by the network of sensors situated within and outside the Coal Creek Canyon drainage area during 1991. It is shown that strong cooling rates, between 50--80 W/m{sup 2}, generate will defined drainage flows with a maximum speed of approximately 6 m/s. A cooling rate of 15--30 W/m{sup 2}, produces a significantly weaker drainage flow and further reduction of the cooling rate results in the failure of any significant drainage flows to form. In an attempt to further understand these flows researchers conducted numerical simulations of two representative flows.

Authors:
;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10170215
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-114013; CONF-930810-4
ON: DE93016527
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Topical meeting on environmental transport and dosimetry,Charleston, SC (United States),31 Aug - 3 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: May 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; AIR FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; ROCKY FLATS PLANT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; HEAT FLUX; DRAINAGE; METEOROLOGY; PLUMES; 540110; 580000; BASIC STUDIES; GEOSCIENCES

Citation Formats

Leone, Jr, J M, and Gudiksen, P H. Modeling and measurements of nocturnal drainage flows along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Leone, Jr, J M, & Gudiksen, P H. Modeling and measurements of nocturnal drainage flows along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. United States.
Leone, Jr, J M, and Gudiksen, P H. 1993. "Modeling and measurements of nocturnal drainage flows along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10170215.
@article{osti_10170215,
title = {Modeling and measurements of nocturnal drainage flows along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains},
author = {Leone, Jr, J M and Gudiksen, P H},
abstractNote = {In support of the DOE ASCOT program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has analyzed the wind, temperature, and net radiation measurements acquired by the network of sensors situated within and outside the Coal Creek Canyon drainage area during 1991. It is shown that strong cooling rates, between 50--80 W/m{sup 2}, generate will defined drainage flows with a maximum speed of approximately 6 m/s. A cooling rate of 15--30 W/m{sup 2}, produces a significantly weaker drainage flow and further reduction of the cooling rate results in the failure of any significant drainage flows to form. In an attempt to further understand these flows researchers conducted numerical simulations of two representative flows.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10170215}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}

Conference:
Other availability
Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this conference proceeding.

Save / Share: