The Shoreline Environment Atmospheric Dispersion Experiment (SEADEX): Airborne LIDAR data

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6800815

Johnson, W B; Cantrell, B K; Morley, B M; Uthe, E E; Nitz, K C

The Shoreline Environment Dispersion Experiment (SEADEX) was a major field experimental program sponsored by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the purpose of acquiring a comprehensive, high-quality data base for evaluating models of dispersion within coastal zones. A secondary objective of the program was to provide data to help determine which meteorological measurements are most appropriate for emergency preparedness at nuclear power plant sites. The first field study in this program, SEADEX-I, was conducted in the vicinity of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, on the western shore of Lake Michigan, during the period 28 May-8 June 1982. SRI International was responsible for the design and direction of the field study, as well as for the conduct of some of the measurements. The field-study design included dispersion measurements of oil-fog (aerosol) and SF6 (gas) tracers released simultaneously from the same point, as well as extensive meteorological measurements. This volume covers the airborne lidar data collected by the ALPHA-1 (Airborne Lidar Plume and Haze Analyzer) system operated on board SRI's Queen Air aircraft. The basic ALPHA-1 data consist of vertical cross sections of relative aerosol density within the oil-fog tracer plume, obtained from the down-looking lidar measurements as the aircraft flew over the plume, generally in a cross-plume direction. The vertical cross sections are made up of lidar profiles of relative aerosol obtained at the rate of 5 profiles/sec, which translates to 12 m of horizontal distance between profiles. The lidar data also include measurements of underlying terrain heights, as well as ambient boundary-layer aerosol distributions. 4 refs., 15 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Engineering; SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6800815
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-4950-Vol.3; ON: TI89005985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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