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Long Range Transport Mechanism

Long Range Transport Mechanism. Regional Scale Dispersion Processes. Day Time Mixing Random Mixing. Wind Shear Axial Mixing. Wind Veer Axial Mixing. Horizontally Spreads pollutants. Horizontally redistributes pollutants. Vertically distributes pollutants.

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Long Range Transport Mechanism

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  1. Long Range Transport Mechanism

  2. Regional Scale Dispersion Processes Day Time MixingRandom Mixing Wind ShearAxial Mixing Wind VeerAxial Mixing Horizontally Spreads pollutants Horizontally redistributes pollutants Vertically distributes pollutants The three transport processes that shape regional dispersion are wind shear, veer, and eddy motion or random mixing. Homogeneous hazy airmasses are create through shear and veer at night followed by vigorous vertical mixing during the day.

  3. Regional Scale Dispersion The degree of of the airmass spreading after a day of transport is independent of the horizontal eddy diffusivity coefficient

  4. Airmass History Model ComparisonHY-SPLIT Vs. CAPITA Monte Carlo Model HY-SPLIT: NGM wind fields, no mixing Monte Carlo Model: NGM wind fields, mixing At times individual Airmass histories compared very poorly At times individual Airmass histories compared very well

  5. Local Flows Current regional scale models poorly capture local flows Complex Terrain Land Water Boundaries Near source impact Concentration are due to local and regional contributions Blumenthal et al., 1997

  6. Monte Carlo Transport Animations

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