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User's guide for ATCOOL cooling tower plume model. Technical memo

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6343025
ATCOOL is a computer program for calculating the variation of cooling tower plume parameters with height and distance downwind. It combines Briggs' plume rise model with Weinstein's cloud physics model. Plume rise, visible plume length, and cloud formation can be calculated. The program listing and a worked example are given.
Research Organization:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD (USA). Air Resources Lab.
OSTI ID:
6343025
Report Number(s):
PB-81-102493
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English