Project Sagebrush: Revisiting the Value of the Horizontal Plume Spread Parameter σy
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Project Sagebrush: Revisiting the Value of the Horizontal Plume Spread Parameter σy

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    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
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    The first phase of an atmospheric tracer experiment program, designated Project Sagebrush, was conducted at the Idaho National Laboratory in October 2013. The purpose was to reevaluate the results of classical field experiments in short-range plume dispersion (e.g., Project Prairie Grass) using the newer technologies that are available for measuring both turbulence levels and tracer concentrations. All releases were conducted during the daytime with atmospheric conditions ranging from neutral to unstable. The key finding was that the values of the horizontal plume spread parameter σy tended to be larger, by up to a factor of ~2, than those measured in many previous field studies. The discrepancies tended to increase with downwind distance. The values of the ratio σy/σθ, where σθ is the standard deviation of the horizontal wind direction, also trend near the upper limit or above the range of values determined in earlier studies. There was also evidence to suggest that the value of σy began to be independent of σθ for σθ greater than 18°. It was also found that the commonly accepted range of values for σθ in different stability conditions might be limiting, at best, and might possibly be unrealistically low, especially at night in low wind speeds. The results raise questions about the commonly accepted magnitudes of σy derived from older studies. These values are used in the parameterization and validation of both older stability-class dispersion models as well as newer models that are based on Taylor’s equation and modern PBL theory.
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    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55(6), 1305-1322
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    1558-8424;1558-8432;
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    American Meteorological Society
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