METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT AND EVALUATION FOR HAZARDOUS CARGO EMERGENCIES

Describes the necessity for a meteorologist to evaluate the potential hazard in emergency situations where cargoes of toxic gases are involved. On-site observations of upper winds and atmospheric stability conditions, weather forecast information, and mathematical estimates of gas concentrations can be used for the delineation of possible hazard areas.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The Proceedings consisting of about 45 papers (about 570 pages) will be available in a bound volume from NTIS about mid-February 1976. Papers from the Fourth International Symposium on Transport of Hazardous Cargoes by Sea & Inland Waterways, Jacksonville, Florida, October 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Humphrey, P A
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Liquefied natural gas; Safety; Spills (Pollution); Weather
• Old TRIS Terms: Lng safety; Lng spills; Meteorological parameters
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127076
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Coast Guard
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM