Comparison of Uncertainty of Two Precipitation Prediction Models at Los Alamos National Lab Technical Area 54

Shield, Stephen Allan¹  Dai, Zhenxue¹ 

[1] Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

关键词: Environmental Protection;    Precipitation;    weather generator;    uncertainty;    flow model;    recharge;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1211603
RP-ID  :  LA-UR--15-26513
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1211603

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Meteorological inputs are an important part of subsurface flow and transport modeling. The choice of source for meteorological data used as inputs has significant impacts on the results of subsurface flow and transport studies. One method to obtain the meteorological data required for flow and transport studies is the use of weather generating models. This paper compares the difference in performance of two weather generating models at Technical Area 54 of Los Alamos National Lab. Technical Area 54 is contains several waste pits for low-level radioactive waste and is the site for subsurface flow and transport studies. This makes the comparison of the performance of the two weather generators at this site particularly valuable.