MECOSCALE ACID DEPOSITION MODELING STUDIES

The work performed in support of the EPA/DOE MADS (Mecoscale Acid Deposition) Project included the development of meteorological data bases for the initialization of chemistry models, the testing and implementation of new planetary boundary layer parameterization schemes in the MASS model, the simulation of transport and precipitation for MADS case studies employing the MASS model, and the use of the TASS model in the simulation of cloud statistics and the complex transport of conservative tracers within simulated cumuloform clouds. The work peformed in support of NASA/FAA wind shear program included the use of the TASS model in the simulation of the dynamic processes within convective cloud systems, the analyses of the sensitivity of microburst intensity and general characteristics as a function of the atmospheric environment within which they are formed, comparisons of TASS model microburst simulation results to observed data sets, and the generation of simulated wind shear data bases for use by the aviation meteorological community in the evaluation of flight hazards caused by microbursts.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mecoscale Environmental Simulations, Inc

  Hampton, VA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Kaplan, M L
  • Proctor, F H
  • Zack, J W
  • Karyampudi, V M
  • Price, P E
• Publication Date: 1989-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 114 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anemometers; Atmosphere; Atmospheric interference; Aviation; Chemistry; Clouds; Databases; Hazards; Meteorological phenomena; Rainfall; Simulation; Statistical analysis; Wind
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mesoscale
• Old TRIS Terms: Cloudbursts; Meteorological data; Wind measurement
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496376
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NAS 1.26:4262, NASA-CR-4262
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM