Daytime wind valleys adjacent to the Great Salt Lake

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7040543

Stone, G L ^[1]; Hoard, D E ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
2. Amparo Corp., Santa Fe, NM (USA)

In 1986 Los Alamos National Laboratory was engaged by the US Army to study the meteorological aspects of emergency preparedness at several sites where toxic materials are stored and handled. The project included a series of tracer and meteorological field experiments in the vicinity of the Tooele Army Depot. These experiments generated a large data set for validating numerical simulations and for empirical analyses of the local meteorology. This paper discusses the main characteristics of the daytime, up-valley flow at the Utah site, including frequency of occurrence, horizontal and vertical structure, and temporal evolution. Some parameters controlling the variability in onset time for up-valley flow are identified, and an empirical forecasting scheme is discussed. 16 refs., 7 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOD; DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7040543
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-90-720; CONF-9006111-2; ON: DE90008991
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. conference on mountain meteorology, Boulder, CO (USA), 26-29 Jun 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
STORAGE
VALLEYS
WIND
DAILY VARIATIONS
AIR FLOW
EMERGENCY PLANS
FIELD TESTS
FORECASTING
FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GREAT SALT LAKE
METEOROLOGY
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SURFACE WATERS
TOPOGRAPHY
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
LAKES
MATERIALS
TESTING
VARIATIONS
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540150 - Environment
Atmospheric- Site Resources & Use Studies- (1990-)