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Radar Observations of a Major Industrial Fire
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: On 23 May 1996, a Montreal suburban paint factory containing several hundred thousand gallons of paints, solvents, and other chemicals burned to the ground in a spectacular fire. The smoke plume from the fire was readily ...
Coevolution of Down-Valley Flow and the Nocturnal Boundary Layer in Complex Terrain
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An enhanced National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) integrated sounding system (ISS) was deployed as part of the Vertical Transport and Mixing (VTMX) field experiment, which took place in October of 2000. The ...
The Perdigão: Peering into Microscale Details of Mountain Winds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractA grand challenge from the wind energy industry is to provide reliable forecasts on mountain winds several hours in advance at microscale (?100 m) resolution. This requires better microscale wind-energy physics ...