Automated emergency meteorological response system

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5054143

Pepper, D W

A sophisticated emergency response system was developed to aid in the evaluation of accidental releases of hazardous materials from the Savannah River Plant to the environment. A minicomputer system collects and archives data from both onsite meteorological towers and the National Weather Service. In the event of an accidental release, the computer rapidly calculates the trajectory and dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere. Computer codes have been developed which provide a graphic display of predicted concentration profiles downwind from the source, as functions of time and distance.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5054143
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-80-81; CONF-801122-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ACCIDENTS
AUTOMATION
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA ACQUISITION
DISTANCE
EMERGENCY PLANS
FORECASTING
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HEAVY WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METEOROLOGY
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION ACCIDENTS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TURBULENCE
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
WEATHER
WIND