Final Report of the Grant: ''Vertical Transport and Mixing in Complex Terrain Airsheds''
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
Stable stratification associated with nocturnal thermal circulation in areas of complex terrain leads to interesting and important phenomena that govern local meteorology and contaminant dispersion. Given that most urban areas are in complex topography, understanding and prediction of such phenomena are of immediate practical importance. This project dealt with theoretical, laboratory, numerical and field experimental studies aimed at understanding stratified flow and turbulence phenomena in urban areas, with particular emphasis on flow, turbulence and contaminant transport and diffusion in such flows. A myriad of new results were obtained and some of these results were used to improve the predictive capabilities of the models.
- Research Organization:
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science and Technology (OST) (EM-50) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-99ER62846
- OSTI ID:
- 835530
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER62846-1; TRN: US200515%%202
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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