Document Type
Report
Publication Date
6-25-1990
Abstract
In 1986 Los Alamos National Laboratory was engaged by the US Army to study the meteorological aspects of emergency preparedness at several sites where toxic materials are stored and handled. The project included a series of tracer and meteorological field experiments in the vicinity of the Tooele Army Depot, 60 km southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. These experiments generated a large data set for validating numerical simulations and for empiracal analyses of the local meteorology. This paper discusses the main characteristics of the daytime, up-valley flow at the Utah site, including frequency of occurrence, horizontal and vertical structure, and temporal evolution. Some parameters controlling the variability in onset time for up-valley flow are identified, and an empirical forecasting scheme is discussed.
Recommended Citation
Stone, G. L. and Hoard, D., "The Daytime Wind in Valleys Adjacent to the Great Salt Lake" (1990). All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository). Paper 96.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/govdocs/96
Comments
LA-UR--90-720 DE90 008991