Field-study design for module evaluation: PRECP VI/3CPO

Conference · Sun Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7254245

Hales, J M

PRECP VI is the sixth in a progressive series of scavenging field studies, and is centered on the analysis of scavenging by summertime convective storms in polluted environments. Such storms are of substantial interest to NAPAP because they account for a large fraction of the pollution that is wet-deposited annually in the eastern half of the country. Accordingly, convective-storm scavenging behavior must be understood quantitatively to evaluate issues such as nonlinearity and the effects of emission changes on wet deposition. The Regional Acid Deposition Model (RADM) contains a convective-storm scavenging module that has been developed as a component of the NAPAP program. Although this module has been designed to simulate actual scavenging phenomena as accurately as is possible within the constraints imposed by RADM's architecture, to date there has been no satisfactory evaluation of this module's performance in light of a comprehensive data set. One of the important roles of PRECP VI is the generation of a robust data base to be used for this purpose. 1 ref., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 7254245
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-15689; CONF-880351-2; ON: DE88008183
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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