Modeling a multiple tracer release experiment during nocturnal drainage flow in complex terrain

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6291244

Lange, R

The complex conditions posed by very localized winds and turbulence, rugged topography, variable surface roughness, strong vertical motions and gravity flow require a three-dimensional modeling approach to realistically simulate the dispersal of hydrogen sulfide injected into the atmosphere at the Geysers geothermal area. In this study the three-dimensional particle-in-cell numerical diffusion model ADPIC (Lange, 1973 and 1978) was used to simulate the transport and diffusion of two simultaneous, distinguishable fluorescent tracer releases into the nighttime drainage flow regimes of the Putah and Anderson Creeks in the Anderson Springs Valley during the night of July 24, 1979.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6291244
• Report Number(s): UCRL-85724; CONF-811104-4; ON: DE81024414
• Resource Relation: Conference: AMS conference on mountain meterology, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA, 10 Nov 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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