Transport of a power plant tracer plume over Grand Canyon National Park

From: Journal of Applied Meteorology | Date: August 1, 1999| Author: Chen, Jun; Bornstein, Robert; Lindsey, Charles G | Copyright information

(Manuscript received 20 January 1998, in final form 13 October 1998)

ABSTRACT

Meteorological and air-quality data, as well as surface tracer concentration values, were collected during 1990 to assess the impacts of Navajo Generating Station (NGS) emissions on Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) air quality. These data have been used in the present investigation to determine between direct and indirect transport routes taken by the NGS plume to produce measured high-tracer concen...

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