Meteorology Assessment of Historic Rainfall for Los Alamos During September 2013

Bruggeman, David Alan; Dewart, Jean Marie

doi:10.2172/1238129

Title: Meteorology Assessment of Historic Rainfall for Los Alamos During September 2013

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Abstract

DOE Order 420.1, Facility Safety, requires that site natural phenomena hazards be evaluated every 10 years to support the design of nuclear facilities. The evaluation requires calculating return period rainfall to determine roof loading requirements and flooding potential based on our on-site rainfall measurements. The return period rainfall calculations are done based on statistical techniques and not site-specific meteorology. This and future studies analyze the meteorological factors that produce the significant rainfall events. These studies provide the meteorology context of the return period rainfall events.

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Bruggeman, David Alan ^[1]; Dewart, Jean Marie ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1238129

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-20869

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Earth Sciences

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                    Bruggeman, David Alan, and Dewart, Jean Marie. Meteorology Assessment of Historic Rainfall for Los Alamos During September 2013.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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  abstractNote = {DOE Order 420.1, Facility Safety, requires that site natural phenomena hazards be evaluated every 10 years to support the design of nuclear facilities. The evaluation requires calculating return period rainfall to determine roof loading requirements and flooding potential based on our on-site rainfall measurements. The return period rainfall calculations are done based on statistical techniques and not site-specific meteorology. This and future studies analyze the meteorological factors that produce the significant rainfall events. These studies provide the meteorology context of the return period rainfall events.},

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