Lagrangian stochastic modeling of the coastal fumigation phenomenon

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · Journal of Applied Meteorology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1995)034<2259:LSMOTC>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:273969

Luhar, A K; Sawford, B L ^[1]

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1. CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, Mordialloc, Vivtoria (Australia)

The Lagrangian stochastic dispersion modeling technique has the potential for simulating coastal fumigation phenomenon by calculating dispersion directly in terms of flow properties, thus providing a tool with which simpler models can be tested and developed. A two-dimensional Lagrangian stochastic model incorporating streamwise diffusion and gradients of flow properties in vertical and horizontal directions is developed. The mean correlation between streamwise and vertical Eulerian velocities is neglected. The model is nondimensionalized and applied to coastal fumigation for different values of meteorological and source parameters. Results reveal that gradients of flow properties in the streamwise direction can be neglected for most situations. It is also found that the effects of streamwise diffusion are smaller for plumes having larger vertical spreads at the intersection point of the plume centerline and the coastal thermal internal boundary layer (TIBL) and can be neglected in a model for sufficiently large values of wind speed. These results suggest that the one-dimensional (vertical) version of our stochastic model, which employs Taylor`s translation hypothesis and incorporates the spatial growth of the TIBL and a constant value of the convective velocity, is adequate for describing the fumigation process. This one-dimensional model, together with a Langevin model in the lateral direction, is then applied to data from the Nanticoke field experiment on fumigation conducted in the summer of 1978 in Ontario, Canada. The Nanticoke data are analyzed and nondimensionalized prior to model comparison. The overall performance of the model is good. The one-dimensional model is also successfully applied to existing water-tank data which are representative of the coastal fumigation phenomenon. The stochastic model results are compared with those from an analytical model, which assumes an instantaneous and uniform vertical mixing in the TIBL. 26 refs., 10 figs., 2 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 273969
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Meteorology Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 34; ISSN 0894-8763; ISSN JOAMEZ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR FLOW
AIR POLLUTION
COASTAL REGIONS
FLOW MODELS
LAGRANGE EQUATIONS
PLUMES
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS