VALMET: a valley air pollution model. Final report. Revision 1

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5619570· OSTI ID:5619570

Whiteman, C D; Allwine, K J

An air quality model is described for predicting air pollution concentrations in deep mountain valleys arising from nocturnal down-valley transport and diffusion of an elevated pollutant plume, and the fumigation of the plume on the valley floor and sidewalls after sunrise. Included is a technical description of the model, a discussion of the model's applications, the required model inputs, sample calculations and model outputs, and a full listing of the FORTRAN computer program. 55 refs., 27 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5619570
• Report Number(s): PNL-4728-Rev.1; ON: DE85010820
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMPUTER CODES
V CODES
PLUMES
DIFFUSION
VALLEYS
AIR QUALITY
AIR POLLUTION
BOUNDARY LAYERS
COMPLEX TERRAIN
GAUSS FUNCTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METEOROLOGY
NOCTURNAL VARIATIONS
TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS
TURBULENT FLOW
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FLUID FLOW
FUNCTIONS
LAYERS
POLLUTION
VARIATIONS
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)