Dust Plume Modeling from Ranges and Maneuver Areas on Fort Bliss and the White Sands Missile Range: Final Report

Chapman, Elaine G. ; Barnard, James C. ; Rutz, Frederick C. ; Pekour, Mikhail S. ; Rishel, Jeremy P. ; Shaw, William J.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Dusts;    Missiles;    Air Quality;    Simulation;    54 Environmental Sciences;   

DOI  :  10.2172/957366
RP-ID  :  PNNL-18387
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  957366

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The potential for air quality impacts from heavy mechanized vehicles operating on and between the unpaved main supply routes at Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range was investigated. This report details efforts by the staff of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the Fort Bliss Directorate of Environment in this investigation. Dust emission and dispersion from typical move-out activities occurring on the installations were simulated using the atmospheric modeling system DUSTRAN. Major assumptions associated with designing the modeling scenarios are summarized and results of simulations conducted under these assumptions are presented for four representative meteorological periods.