Atmospheric Dispersion
Publications
Chile Air Quality Program
Plume Dispersion Sensitivity to Upper-level Wind Variations in
a Chilean Coastal Environment, Brown and Williams, LA-UR-95-4456
(1995)
Development of Methods for Evaluating Options for Improving
the Air Quality in Santiago, Chile and its Environs, Final Report
1994, Williams and Brown, LA-UR-94-3399 (1994)
Development of Methods for Evaluating Options for Improving
the Air Quality in Santiago, Chile and its Environs, Final Report
1993, Williams and Brown, LA-UR-93-4000 (1993).
Contact us for a copy

DOE CBNP Transport and Fate Project
FY04
Implementation of a rooftop
recirculation parameterization into the QUIC fast response urban
wind model, Bagal, N., E.
Pardyjak, and M. Brown, 2004: 5th
AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 7 pp.
QUIC Quick Start Guide, v 3.1, Bozwell, D. and
M. Brown, 2004: 57 pp.
Urban Dispersion –
Challenges for fast response modeling, Brown, M., 2004: 5th AMS Urban
Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 13 pp.
A study of the Oklahoma City urban heat
island using ground measurements and remote sensing, Brown, M., A. Ivey, T. McPherson, D. Boswell,
and E.R. Pardyjak, 2004: 5th
AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 8 pp.
Street canyon flow patterns in a horizontal plane:
Measurements from the Joint Urban 2003 Field Experiment, Brown, M., H. Khalsa, M. Nelson, and D.
Boswell, 2004: 5th
AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 12 pp.
Reconstruction of airborne biological
agent events: The Houston incidents, October 2003, Brown, M., S. Linger, T. McPherson, G. Streit,
and M. Williams, 2004: LA-CP-04-0004, 45 pp.
Contact us for a copy
Urban morphological analysis
for mesoscale meteorological and dispersion modeling applications:
current issues, Burian, S., M. Brown, J. Ching, M. Cheuk, M.
Yuan, W. Han, and A. McKinnon, 2004: 5th AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver,
B.C., 10 pp.
Modeling of flow and dispersion characteristics in typical building
configurations with the fast-response model QUIC, Kastner-Klein, P. and J.V. Clark, 2004: 5th
AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C.
Vertical profiles of mean flow and turbulence characteristics in a
downtown street canyon measured during Joint Urban 2003, Kastner-Klein, P. and J.V. Clark, 2004: 5th
AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 9 pp.
Evaluation of the accuracy of national landuse datasets for the
development of urban canopy parameterizations, McPherson, T., M. Brown, S. Burian, 2004: 5th
AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 11 pp.
Download .5mb pdf 
Determination of the spatial and temporal distribution of population
for air toxics exposure assessments, McPherson, T. N., A. Ivey and M. J. Brown, 2004: 5th AMS Urban
Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 11 pp.
Download 2.2mb pdf   
Turbulence within and above real and artificial
urban canopies, Nelson, M., M. Brown, E. Pardyjak, and J.
Klewicki, 2004: 5th AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver,
B.C., 30 pp.
Structure of turbulence in an urban street canyon,
Pol, S., P. Ramamurthy, E. R. Pardyjak, J.
Klewicki, 2004: 5th AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 9 pp.
Spatial and temporal variability of turbulent
fluxes in the Joint Urban 2003 street canyon, Ramamurthy, P., S. Pol, E. Pardyjak, and J.
Klewicki, 2004: 5th AMS
Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 6 pp.   
The National Cathedral, Washington D.C.: Bio-Watch Site
Protection, Streit, G., M. Williams, S. Linger, M. Brown,
2004: LA-CP-04-0585, 13 pp.
Contact us for a copy
Assessment of methods for
creating a national building statistics database for atmospheric
dispersion modeling, Velugubantla, S., S. Burian, M. Brown, W. Han,
A. McKinnon, and T. McPherson, 2004: 5th AMS Urban Env. Conf.,
Vancouver, B.C., 7 pp.
Analyses in support of the Scarlet Cloud Exercise (Drafts 10 and 2), Williams, M., G. Streit, and M. Brown, 2003:
LA-CP-03-0874, 23 pp.
Contact us for a copy
QUIC-PLUME
Advanced User’s Guide,Williams, M., and M. Brown, 2004: LA-UR-04-0562, 21 pp.             
QUIC-PLUME Theory Guide,
Williams, M., M. Brown, B. Singh, & D. Boswell, 2004: LA-UR-04-0561,
22 pp.         
Testing of
the QUIC-PLUME model with wind-tunnel measurements for a high-rise
building, Williams, M., M.
Brown, D. Boswell, B. Singh, and E. Pardyjak, 2004: 5th
AMS Urban Env. Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 10 pp.
Flow and
turbulence in urban canopies, Zajic,
D., H. Fernando, M. Princevac, and R. Calhoun, 2004: 5th AMS Urban Env.
Conf., Vancouver, B.C., 6 pp.
                 
FY03
Improved upwind cavity parameterization for a fast response urban
wind model, Bagal, N., E. Pardyjak, and M. Brown, 2003: AMS Conf. on Urban Zone, Seattle, WA, 3 pp.             
Testing and
implementation of urban and plant canopy parameterizations into the
Quick Urban & Industrial Complex (QUIC) dispersion modeling system, Booth, T., 2003:
Univ. of Utah Technical Report, 8 pp.   
Graphical user interface development for a fast response
urban wind model, Booth, T., Parker, A. and Pardyjak, E.R.,
2003: 17th Conference for Undergraduate Research,
March 13-15, Salt Lake City, UT.   
QUIC
Quick Start Guide, v 2.0, Bozwell, D. and M. Brown, 2003: 25 pp.
Joint URBAN 2003
Street Canyon Experiment, Brown, M., D. Boswell, G. Streit, M. Nelson, T.
McPherson, T. Hilton, E. R. Pardyjak, S. Pol, P. Ramamurthy, B.
Hansen, P. Kastner-Klein, J. Clark, A. Moore, D. Walker, N. Felton,
D. Strickland, D. Brook, M. Princevac, D. Zajic, R. Wayson, J.
MacDonald, G. Fleming, D. Storwold, 2003:AMS Conf. on Urban Zone, Seattle, WA,
LA-UR-03-8454, 12 pp.         
Morphological analyses using 3D building databases: Houston, Texas, Burian, S., W. Han, and M. Brown, 2003:
LA-UR-03-, 66 pp.
Morphological analyses using 3D building
databases: Albuquerque, New Mexico, Burian, S., S. Maddula, S. Velugubantla, and
M. Brown, 2002: LA-UR-03-6198, 73 pp.
Download 15.1mb pdf
Morphological
analyses using 3D building databases: Portland, Oregon, Burian, S.,
S. Velugubantla, K. Chittineni, and M. Brown, 2002:
LA-UR-02-6725, 64 pp.                 
QUIC-URB validation
study for 3D cubical building array, Gowardhan, A., 2003: Univ. of Utah Technical
Report, 8 pp.         
Evaluation of the fast response model QUIC-URB based
on wind-tunnel flow measurements in idealized street canyons, Kastner-Klein, P., E.R. Pardyjak, and M.
Brown, 2003:
abstract for the 11th Conf. on Wind Engineering, June 2-5 2003,
Lubbock, TX.         
Development of a probability of detection
methodology for assessing the performance of a biological agent
detector network for urban areas, May, W., T. Wehner, G. Streit, M. Brown, and
M. Williams, 2003: LA-CP-03-0386, 30 pp.
Contact us for a copy 
               
U.S. day and night population database (Revision
2.0) – Description of methodology, McPherson, T. and
M. Brown, 2003: LA-CP-03-0722, 30 pp.
Contact us
for a copy
Estimating daytime and nighttime population distributions in
U.S. cities for emergency response activities. Preprints,
McPherson, T. N. and M. J. Brown, 2003:
84th AMS Annual Meeting, AMS, Seattle, WA.   
Variation of flow within
the MUST building array, Nelson, M., M.
Brown, D. Zajic, and J. Klewicki, 2003: AMS Conf. on Urban Zone, Seattle, WA, 3
pp.                     
Area-averaged profiles
over the Mock Urban Setting Test array, Nelson, M., M.
Brown, E.R. Pardyjak, J. Klewicki, 2003: AMS Conf. on Urban Zone,
Seattle, WA, 5 pp.               
Improved velocity deficit
parameterizations for a fast response urban wind model, Pardyjak, E.R.,
N. L. Bagal and M. J. Brown, 2003: AMS
Conf. on Urban Zone, Seattle, WA, LA-UR-03-8512.        
Validation testing of an
urban Lagrangian dispersion model, Singh, B., M.
Williams, E. Pardyjak, M. Brown, 2003: AMS Conf. on Urban Zone,
Seattle, WA, LA-UR-03-8511, 4 pp.             
Analyses in support of the Scarlet
Cloud exercise (Drafts 10 & 2), Streit, G., M.
Williams, and M. Brown, 2003: LA-CP-03-0874, 20 pp.
Contact us for a copy 
BW Environmental Surveillance
Program, Wehner, T., G.
Streit, and M. Williams, 2003: LA-CP-03-0181, 28 pp.
Contact us for a copy
Flow and turbulence in simulated city canyons:
measurements and computations, Zajic, D., H. Fernando, M. Brown, J. Kim, J.
Baik, 2003: Int. Symp. on Urb. Climate, Lodz,
Poland, 4 pp.
FY02
Overview of URBAN 2000: A
Multi-Scale Field Study of Dispersion Through an Urban Environment, Allwine, K. J., J. H. Shinn, G. E. Streit,
K. L. Clawson, and M. J. Brown, 2002:
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 83(4), 521-536.
Download 1.3mb pdf
Example Calculations for
Determining Sensor Sampling Footprint: A special report for BASIS, Brown, M., 2002:
LA-CP-02-526, 5 pp.
Contact us for a copy
BASIS DSU Layout
Recommendations for a US City (Case A), Brown, M., 2002: LA-CP-02-525, 10 pp.
Contact us for a copy
          
An overview of
building morphological characteristics derived from 3D building
databases, Brown, M., S. Burian,
S. Linger, S. Velugubantla, and C. Ratti, 2002: 4th AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk,
VA, May 20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1090.
 
Download 3mb pdf
Mock Urban Settings
Test: Wind and Temperature Measurements Data Report for ASU, LANL,
and UU Instrumentation, Brown, M., M. Nelson, D. Zajic, E. Pardyjak, M.
Princevac, G. Streit, and D. DeCroix, 2002: In Progress, 23+ pp.
               
The MUST Field Experiment: mean
and turbulent wind fields at the upstream edge of a building array, Brown, M., E. Pardyjak, D. Zajic, M. Princevac,
G. Streit, and C. Biltoft, 2002:
4th AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk, VA, May 20-24 2002,
LA-UR-02-1248.
Download 0.5mb pdf  
  
Building height characteristics in three US cities, Burian, S., M. Brown, S. Velugubantla, 2002: 4th
AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk, VA, May 20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1089.
Download 0.5mb pdf 
          
Roughness length and displacement height derived from building
databases, Burian, S., M. Brown, S. Velugubantla, 2002: 4th AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk, VA, May 20-24
2002, LA-UR-02-1218.
Download 0.5mb pdf
  
Morphological analyses using 3D building databases: Los Angeles,
California, Burian, S., M. Brown, S. Linger, 2002: LA-UR-02-0787, 73 pp.
Download 5mb pdf
Morphological analyses using
3D building databases: Phoenix, Arizona, Burian, S.,
S. Velugubantla, and M. Brown, 2002: LA-UR-02-6726, 65 pp.
Download 14mb pdf
Morphological analyses using 3D building databases: Salt
Lake City, Utah, Burian, S., S. Velugubantla, and M. Brown,
2002:
LA-UR-03-6197, 67 pp.
  
Download
20mb pdf                 
Evaluation of Land use/land cover datasets for urban
watershed modeling. Burian, S.J., Brown, M.J., and McPherson,
T.N., 2002: Water Science and Technology, 45(9):
269-276, LA-UR-01-4549.   
Observational analysis
of the URBAN2000 field program IOP-10, 25-26 October 2000, for model
initialization and comparison, DeCroix, D., 2002: 4th AMS Symp. Urban
Env., Norfolk, VA, May 20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1086.
Download 0.1mb pdf
                  
Large-eddy simulation
of urban dispersion during the URBAN2000 field program IOP-10,
25-26 October 2000, DeCroix, D., 2002: 4th AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk,
VA, May 20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1134.
 
Download 0.5mb pdf
Report on
CFD model evaluation using URBAN 2000 Field Experiment data: IOP 10,
DeCroix, D. and M. Brown, 2002: Release 1, 26 October, 2000, LA-UR-02-4755, 80 pp, in progress.
       
SonicDataGUI User
Manual, Hilton, T.W., 2002: LA-UR-02-6863, In Progress, 9 pp.
                 
Tests of Hardware and Software Parameters
Affecting Data Collection from Metek USA-1 3D Ultrasonic Anemometers, Hilton, T. W., G. E. Streit, D. Zajic , and
M. J. Brown, 2002:
LA-CP-02-504, 22 pp.
Contact us for a copy
  
Building Array Drag Characterization Experiments, Klewicki J. and E. Pardyjak, 2001: 15 pp.
              
Data sources for the
Albuquerque Virtual City Project, Linger, S., 2002: LA-UR-02-6634, 31 pp.
              
Evaluating the accuracy of urban footprints derived from National
land use datasets, McPherson, T. and M. Brown, 2002: LA-UR-02-6696, 36 pp.
Urban Data Sources for the DOE NNSA Chemical
and Biological National Security Program (CBNP), McPherson, T., S. Burian,
and M. Brown, 2002: LA-UR-02-6425,
39 pp.               
Building effects
on thermal stratification during the MUST Trials, Pardyjak, E., M. Brown, M. Nelson, D. Zajic,
M. Princevac, C. Biltoft, and J. Klewicki, 2002: 4th
AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk, VA, May 20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1247.    
Download 0.5mb
pdf  
        
Fast
response modeling of a two building urban street canyon, Pardyjak, E. and M. Brown, 2002: 4th
AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk, VA, May 20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1217.
Download 1mb pdf             
Analysis of 3D urban
databases with respect to pollution dispersion for a number of
European and American cities, Ratti, C., S. Di Sabatini, R. Britter, M.
Brown, F. Caton, and S. Burian, 2002: Water, Soil, and Air Poll.: Focus,
2, 459-469.                 
The CFD-generated
wind field library approach: A feasibility study, Smith, W. S. and M. Brown, 2002: LA-UR-02-6406,
20 pp.
Download 1.3mb pdf      
A CFD-generated
wind field library feasibility study: maximum wind direction
interval, Smith, W. S. and M. Brown, 2002: 4th AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk, VA, May
20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1100.   
Evaluation of CFD simulations using laboratory data and urban field
experiments, Smith, W. S., M. Brown, D. DeCroix, 2002: 4th AMS Symp. Urban Env., Norfolk, VA,
May 20-24 2002, LA-UR-02-1099.
Download 1mb
pdf   
Report on CFD model evaluation using URBAN 2000 Field
Experiment data: IOP 9, Release 3, 21 October, 2000, Stalker, J.R., D.S. DeCroix, M.J. Brown,
2002: LA-UR-
02-6405, 80 pp, in progress.       
Chemical Weapon
Plume Modeling Support to LANL S-1 Vulnerability Assessments and
Response Planning: Model Setup, Usage, and Representative Results, Streit, G. E., 2002:
submitted to S-7 for an LA-CP number, 28 pp.  
Contact us for a copy 
               
Plume simulations for biological
warfare agent surveillance systems, Streit, G. E., W. S.
Smith, and D. S. DeCroix, 2002: LA-CP-02-013, 13 pp.
Contact us for a copy
Atmospheric plume dispersion scenarios near a building complex,
Streit, G. E. and W. S. Smith, 2002: LA-CP-02-059, 16 pp.  
Contact us for a copy   
Building array drag characterization experiments: Part II, Van Otten, A. and R. Anderson, 2002: Univ.
Utah Technical Report, 42 pp.   
Vehicle-generated fugitive dust transport: analytic models
and field study, Veranth, J., E.R. Pardyjak, G. Seshadri,
2003: Atm. Env., 37, 2295-2303.
QWIC-PLUME User’s Guide, Williams, M. D.,
2002: LA-UR-02-375.  
BASIS
DSU Layout Recommendations for a US City (Case B), Williams, M.D., and M.J. Brown, 2002: LA-CP-02-513,
10 pp.
Contact us for a copy 
  
Development of a dispersion
model for flow around buildings, Williams, M. D., M.
J. Brown, and E. R. Pardyjak, 2002: 4th AMS Symp. Urban
Env., Norfolk, VA, May 20-24 2002,
LA-UR-02-0839.
Download .1mb pdf      
FY01
Multiscale modeling of air flow in Salt Lake City and the
surrounding region, Brown, M., M. Leach, R. Calhoun, W.S. Smith,
D. Stevens, J. Reisner, R. Lee, N.-H. Chin, & D. DeCroix, ASCE
Structures Congress 2001, Wash. DC, LA-UR-01-509 (2001).
Download 0.8mb pdf          
Simulations of flow around a cubical building: comparison with
towing tank data and assessment of radiatively-induced thermal
effects, Smith, W.S., J. Reisner, J. Kao, accepted by
Atmospheric Environment, LA-UR-00-5208 (2001).
Download
0.5mb pdf
Urban parameterizations for mesoscale models, Brown, M.,
Mesoscale Atmospheric Dispersion, Z. Boybeyi, ed., WIT Press.
LA-UR-99-5329 (2001).
Download
2.5mb pdf
The Salt Lake City DOE CBNP URBAN Field Experiment of Fall
2000: Urban Wind and Temperature Measurements Data Report,
Streit, G., E. Pardyjak, M. Brown, D. DeCroix, T. McPherson, W.
Smith, LA-UR-01-950 (2001).
Sky View Factor Measurements in downtown Salt Lake City - Data
Report for DOE CBNP URBAN Field Experiment, Oct. 2000, Brown, M.
and S. Grimmond, LA-UR-01-1424 (2001).
Download 1.3mb pdf
Temperature measurements for investigation of the Salt Lake
City Urban Heat Island - Data Report for the DOE CBNP URBAN Field
Experiment, Oct. 2000, Brown, M. and E. Pardyjak, LA-UR-01-4029
(2001).
Download 6.5mb pdf
Analysis of 3-d urban databases with respect to air pollution
dispersion for a number of European and American cities, Ratti,
C., S. Di Sabatino, R. Britter, M. Brown, F. Caton, S. Burian, 3rd
Int. Conf. Urban Air Quality, Loutraki, Greece, LA-UR-01-1423
(2001).
Download
.5mb pdf
High fidelity urban scale modeling (Higrad Factsheet),
LA-UR-01-1422 (2001).
Download pdf (0.2 Mb)
FY00
Numerical modeling from mesoscale to urban scale to building
scale, Brown, M., M. Leach, J. Reisner, D. Stevens, W.S. Smith,
H.N. Chin, S. Chan, & R. Lee, 3rd AMS Urban Env. Symp., Davis, CA.
LA-UR-00-2579 (2000).
Download
0.4mb pdf
QWIC-2D DWM v1.0 User's Guide, Pardyjak, E. and M. Brown,
LA-UR-00-2578 (2000).
Download
0.2mb pdf
The DOE URBAN field program for 2000-2004, Shinn, J.H.,
K.J. Allwine, and G.E. Streit, 3rd AMS Urban Env. Symp., Davis, CA,
LA-UR-01-1467 (2000).
Download
0.3mb pdf
Urban dispersion studies for determination of the sensor
upwind area of influence, Streit, G., M. Brown, M. Williams, and
E. Pardyjak, LA-CP-00-219 (2000).
Contact us for a copy
Application of the Newton-Krylov method to geophysical flows,
Reisner, J., V. Mousseau, and D. Knoll, submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev.
(2000).
Download 0.2mb pdf
A Sensitivity Study of the Urban Effect on a Regional-Scale
Model: An Idealized Case, Chin, H.N., M.J. Leach, and M.J.
Brown, 3rd AMS Urban Env. Symp., Davis, CA. LA-UR-00-3026 (2000).
Download
0.5mb pdf
Analysis Of Urban Databases With Respect To Mesoscale Modeling
Requirements, Brown, M., S. Burian, and C. Müller, 3rd AMS Urban
Env. Symp., Davis, CA. LA-UR-00-2580 (2000).
Download
0.1mb pdf
Measurement of velocity and concentration fields in arrays of
2D and 3D buildings in a simulated neutrally-buoyant atmospheric
boundary layer, Lawson, R., S. Perry, R. Thompson, USEPA Data
Report (2000).
Spatial Variability of Mean Flow and Turbulence Fields in
Street Canyons, Kastner-Klein, P., M. W. Rotach, M. J. Brown, E.
Fedorovich and R. E. Lawson, 3rd AMS Urban Env. Symp., Davis, CA.
LA-UR-00-3025 (2000).
Download
0.4mb pdf
FY99
Mean flow and turbulence measurements around a 2-d array of
buildings in a wind tunnel, Brown, Lawson, DeCroix, and Lee,
1999, 11th Joint AMS/AWMA Conf. Appl. Air Poll. Met., Long Beach,
CA, Jan. 2000, LA-UR-99-5395 (1999).
Download
0.4mb pdf
A CFD model intercomparison and validation using high
resolution wind tunnel data, Smith, Reisner, DeCroix, Brown,
Lee, Chan, and Stevens, 11th Joint AMS/AWMA Conf. Appl. Air Poll.
Met., Long Beach, CA, Jan. 2000, LA-UR-99-5458 (1999).
Download
0.25mb pdf
Large-eddy and Gaussian simulations of downwind dispersion
from large-building HVAC exhaust, DeCroix, Smith, Streit, and
Brown, 1999, 11th Joint AMS/AWMA Conf. Appl. Air Poll. Met., Long
Beach, CA, Jan. 2000, LA-UR-99-5354 (1999).
Download
0.3mb pdf
Pathways for the Oxidation of Sarin in Urban Atmospheres,
Elliot, S., G. Streit, J. Gaffney, J. Bossert, M. Brown, J. Reisner,
and L. McNair, 1999, Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res.-International,
6, 103-105 (1999).
Download
2.5mb pdf
FY98
First Responders "Rules of Thumb" for Toxic Airborne Releases
in Urban Environments, Brown and Streit, LA-UR-98-4539 (1998).
Download
2.4mb pdf
Urban Canopy Parameterizations for Use in Mesoscale
Meteorological Models, Brown and Williams, 2nd AMS Urban Env.
Symp., Albuquerque, NM, LA-UR-98-3831 (1998).
Download
.08mb pdf
GASFLOW simulations of flows in buildings, Müller, Liles,
Spore, and Niederauer, 2nd AMS Urb. Env. Symp., Albuquerque, NM,
LA-UR-98-3527 (1998).
Download
.07mb pdf
Tracer modeling in an urban environment, Reisner, Smith,
Bossert, and Winterkamp, 2nd AMS Urb. Env. Conf., Albuquerque, NM,
LA-UR-98-3563 (1998).
Download
1.6mb pdf
Study and Discussion of Models Applicable to the Transport and
Fate Thrust Area of the Department of Energy Chemical and Biological
Nonproliferation Program, LA-CP-166 (1997).
Contact us for a copy

El Paso/Ciudad Juarez Air Quality Program
Meteorological simulations of boundary layer structure during
the 1996 Paso del Norte Ozone Study, Brown, Muller, Wang, and
Costigan, accepted Sci. of Total Env., LA-UR-00-1262 (2001).
Download pdf (x.x Mb)
Meteorological simulations of ozone episode case days during
the 1996 Paso del Norte Ozone Study, Brown, Costigan, Muller,
and Wang, LA-UR-99-788 (1999) - presented at the 91st Annual AWMA
Meeting, St. Louis.
Download
pdf (1.3 Mb)
The Effect of Urban Canopy Parameterizations on Mesoscale
Meteorological Model Simulations in the Paso del Norte Area,
Brown and Williams, LA-UR-97-287 (1997) - presented at the 90th
Annual AWMA meeting, Toronto.
Download pdf
(0.7 MB)

Mexico City Air Quality
Initiative
An Exploration of Measures for Comparing Measurements with the
Results from Meteorological Models for Mexico City, Williams and
Brown, Chem. & Intell. Lab. Sys., Vol. 37, pp. 81-94 (1997).
Contact us for a copy
Mexico City Air Quality: Progress of an International
Collaborative Project to Define Air Quality Management Options,
Streit et al., At. Env., Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 723-733 (1996).
Contact us for a copy
Development and Testing of Meteorology and Air Dispersion
Models for Mexico City, Williams, Brown, Cruz, Sosa, and Streit,
At. Env., Vol. 29, No. 21, pp. 2929-2960 (1995).
Contact us for a copy
Mexico City Air Quality Research Initiative, LA-12699
(1994):
Table of Contents
Download pdf
Vol. I - An Executive Summary
Download pdf (2 MB)
Vol. II - Problem Definition, Background, and Summary of Prior
Research
Download pdf (1.6 MB)
Vol. III - Modeling and Simulation
Download pdf (3.4 MB)
Vol. IV - Characterization and Measurement
Download pdf (2.9 MB)
Vol. V - Strategic Evaluation
Download pdf (0.7 MB)
Vol. V - Appendices
Download pdf (0.4 MB)
Estudio Global de la Calidad del Aire en la Ciudad de Mexico,
IMP/LA-12699 (1994) - Spanish-language version of the executive
summary
Download
pdf (1.3 MB)
Mexico City Ozone Concentrations as a Function of
Readily-Available Meteorological Parameters, Brown, LA-UR-94-572
(1994).
Contact us for a copy
The Effect of Scalar and Vector Averaging on Mexico City Wind
Measurements, Brown, LA-UR-94-801 (1994).
Contact us for a copy

Urban Security Project
Development of a stormwater model for the Ballona Creek
Watershed, Burian, McPherson, Brown, and Turin, LA-UR-00-1849
(2000).
Download pdf (x.x Mb)
Modeling the atmospheric deposition and stormwater washoff of
nitrogen compounds, Burian, Streit, McPherson, Brown, and Turin,
accepted Env. Mod. & Soft., LA-UR-99-6256 (1999).
Download pdf (x.x Mb)
Air and water quality modeling system: application to the Los
Angeles metropolitan area, Brown, Burian, McPherson, Streit,
Costigan, and Turin, LA-UR-99-5468 (1999) - 2nd AMS Conf. on Env.
Appl., Long Beach, CA, Jan 2000.
Download
pdf (0.4 Mb)
Modeling the Atmospheric Contribution of Nitrogen Compounds in
Stormwater Runoff, Burian, Streit, McPherson, Brown, and Turin,
LA-UR-99-5218 (1999) - 11th AMS Appl. Air Poll. Meteor. Conf., Long
Beach, CA, Jan 2000.
Download
pdf (0.4 Mb)
Pollutant Transfer through Air and Water Pathways in an Urban
Environment, Brown, Burian, McPherson, Streit, Costigan and
Greene, LA-UR-98-3527 (1998) - presented at the 2nd AMS Urban Env.
Conf., Albuquerque.
Download
pdf (0.1 MB)
Summary of the Airborne Toxic Release/Response
Sub-component, Brown, LA-UR-97-3931 (1997).
Download pdf (0.2 MB)
The Effect of Microscale Urban Canyon Flow on Mesoscale Puff
dDspersion, Brown and Muller, LA-UR-97-1143 (1997) - presented
at the 12th AMS Symposium on Bound. Layers and Turb., Vancouver.
Download
pdf (0.1 MB)
Exposure Estimates Using Urban Dispersion and Traffic Microsimulation Models, Brown, Muller, and Stretz, LA-UR-97-3930
(1997) - presented at the 10th AMS Conf. on Air Poll. Met., Phoenix.
Download
pdf (0.3 MB)

|