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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).
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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. 

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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.  

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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.    

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.  

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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.   

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BW Environmental Surveillance Program, Wehner, T., G. Streit, and M. Williams, 2003: LA-CP-03-0181, 28 pp.

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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.     

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Example Calculations for Determining Sensor Sampling Footprint: A special report for BASIS, Brown, M., 2002:  LA-CP-02-526, 5 pp.

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BASIS DSU Layout Recommendations for a US City (Case A), Brown, M., 2002:  LA-CP-02-525, 10 pp.

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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.   

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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.     

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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.    

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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. 

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Morphological analyses using 3D building databases: Los Angeles, California, Burian, S., M. Brown, S. Linger, 2002: LA-UR-02-0787, 73 pp.

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Morphological analyses using 3D building databases: Phoenix, Arizona, Burian, S., S. Velugubantla, and M. Brown, 2002:  LA-UR-02-6726, 65 pp.

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Morphological analyses using 3D building databases: Salt Lake City, Utah, Burian, S., S. Velugubantla, and M. Brown, 2002: LA-UR-03-6197, 67 pp.       

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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.    

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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.     

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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.

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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.    

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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.  

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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.  

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Atmospheric plume dispersion scenarios near a building complex, Streit, G. E. and W. S. Smith, 2002: LA-CP-02-059, 16 pp.    

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 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.    

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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.   

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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).

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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).
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Urban parameterizations for mesoscale models, Brown, M., Mesoscale Atmospheric Dispersion, Z. Boybeyi, ed., WIT Press. LA-UR-99-5329 (2001).
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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).

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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).

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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).
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High fidelity urban scale modeling (Higrad Factsheet), LA-UR-01-1422 (2001).
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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).
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QWIC-2D DWM v1.0 User's Guide, Pardyjak, E. and M. Brown, LA-UR-00-2578 (2000).
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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).
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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).

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Application of the Newton-Krylov method to geophysical flows, Reisner, J., V. Mousseau, and D. Knoll, submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev. (2000).

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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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FY98


First Responders "Rules of Thumb" for Toxic Airborne Releases in Urban Environments, Brown and Streit, LA-UR-98-4539 (1998).
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Urban Canopy Parameterizations for Use in Mesoscale Meteorological Models, Brown and Williams, 2nd AMS Urban Env. Symp., Albuquerque, NM, LA-UR-98-3831 (1998).
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GASFLOW simulations of flows in buildings, Müller, Liles, Spore, and Niederauer, 2nd AMS Urb. Env. Symp., Albuquerque, NM, LA-UR-98-3527 (1998).
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Tracer modeling in an urban environment, Reisner, Smith, Bossert, and Winterkamp, 2nd AMS Urb. Env. Conf., Albuquerque, NM, LA-UR-98-3563 (1998).
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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Mexico City Air Quality Research Initiative, LA-12699 (1994):
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Vol. I - An Executive Summary
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Vol. II - Problem Definition, Background, and Summary of Prior Research
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Vol. III - Modeling and Simulation
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Vol. IV - Characterization and Measurement
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Vol. V - Strategic Evaluation
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Estudio Global de la Calidad del Aire en la Ciudad de Mexico, IMP/LA-12699 (1994) - Spanish-language version of the executive summary
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Mexico City Ozone Concentrations as a Function of Readily-Available Meteorological Parameters, Brown, LA-UR-94-572 (1994).
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The Effect of Scalar and Vector Averaging on Mexico City Wind Measurements, Brown, LA-UR-94-801 (1994).
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Urban Security Project

Development of a stormwater model for the Ballona Creek Watershed, Burian, McPherson, Brown, and Turin, LA-UR-00-1849 (2000).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Summary of the Airborne Toxic Release/Response Sub-component, Brown, LA-UR-97-3931 (1997).
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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.
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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.
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