An air pollution trajectory model for Southeast Texas /

(Lambeth et al. 1994). A hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian model

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walters, Tamera Ann
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
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Summary:(Lambeth et al. 1994). A hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian model
accurate trajectory tracings for study of ozone
air pollution model was performed by a case study for a day
Amounts of ozone for the Houston area are the second-highest
associated with strong sea breeze and land breeze flows found
associated with the trajectories computed for this study.
concentration having similar meteorological setup for the
concentration problem. The meteorology of these case studies
concentration was necessary for the Southeast Texas area
concentrations. As a result of this case study, mesoscale
distribution of source pollutants. The development of the
flow was determined to be a key factor in origination and
for high ozone development. Verification of the optinuzed
generated trajectories to observe the ozone distribution
gridded rawinsonde data produced moreinput. However for
Houston area. The model chosen for study was the Hybrid
However with light winds, stable conditions, wann
HY-SPLIT model input. However for mesoscale features, the
low ozone concentrations in the region of interest. This
mesoscale features, the gridded rawinsonde data produced more
Model (NGM) or gridded rawinsonde data could be used for the
ozone content for the Southeast Texas region. Mixing
ozone problem a task of finding new ways to control the ozone
researching the phenomena which developed the ozone
sea breeze and its air content was crucial in determining the
shorter trajectories were seen for the Houston area.
Single-Particle Lagrangiank Model (HY-SPLIT). The
strong sea breeze flow produced large parcel movement
temperatures and high photochemical activity high ozone and
trajectories generated suggested that either the Nested Grid
trends for the Texas coastal area.The analysis of the
verification used enhanced meteorological data sources for
was optimized to examine the southeast Texas coastal region
with high ozone concentration and a day with low ozone
within the United States. As a result of Houston's high
Item Description:"Major subject: Meteorology".
Vita.
Physical Description:xv, 120 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.