Abstract
Abstract Measured wind-azimuth data are used in a simple meandering-plume model to predict observed SF6 concentration fluctuations measured downwind of a point source during a range of stability conditions. The meander component of plume diffusion is calculated as the running mean of wind-azimuth signal using travel time as the smoothing time. Instantaneous plume coefficients are derived from measured peak instantaneous concentrations in a subset of the data for distances less than 1 km. These empirical plume coefficients are shown to be a linear function of the standard deviation of the residual azimuth signal after the meander component is removed (σθI = 0.285 σ¯θR). Instantaneous concentration time series predicted with the model using the observed azimuth data are quite similar to observed time series. Sensitivity analyses indicate that the model predictions are strongly dependent upon the averaging period used to filter the azimuth signal but that the instantaneous plume width is only a weak function...
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