User's guide to the Offshore and Coastal Dispersion (OCD) Model; (revised 1988)

Technical Report · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:7072677

Hanna, S R; Schulman, L L; Paine, R J; Pleim, J E

The Offshore Coastal Dispersion (OCD) Model was adapted from the EPA guideline model MPTER to simulate the effect of offshore emissions from point sources in coastal regions. Modifications were made to incorporate overwater plume transport and dispersion as well as changes that occur as the plume crosses the shoreline. Hourly meteorological data are needed from overwater and overland locations. Turbulence intensities are used but are not mandatory. For overwater dispersion, the turbulence intensities are parameterized from boundary-layer similarity relationships if they are not measured.

• Research Organization: Environmental Research and Technology, Inc., Concord, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7072677
• Report Number(s): PB-88-182019/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
COASTAL REGIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DIMENSIONS
HEIGHT
MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICES
MAGNETIC TAPES
MAPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEMORY DEVICES
PLUMES
POINT POLLUTANT SOURCES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
SHORES
SIMULATION
SOLAR RADIATION
SPECIFICATIONS
STELLAR RADIATION
SURVEYS
TURBULENCE