Accession Number:

AD0760694

Title:

Dispersion of Tracers in the Atmosphere: Survey of Meteorological Data,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ARLINGTON VA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Bauer,Ernest

Report Date:

1973-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

Data on the dispersion of clouds of tracers in the atmosphere, as a function of time after injection, are presented for a variety of altitudes from the planetary boundary layer up to turbopause these data supplement the compilations of Hage 1964 and Hage et al 1966. Within the admittedly wide range of variability of these data, there is no evidence that the behavior for the horizontal dispersion differs between the planetary boundary layer, troposphere, and lower stratosphere. The data show the effective, horizontal eddy diffusivity as being scale-dependent. Results for the lower atmosphere 0-30 km, for the upper atmosphere 80-110 km, and for the ocean near the surface are compared. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• (*ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
• DIFFUSION)
• TRACER STUDIES
• DISPERSION RELATIONS
• TROPOSPHERE
• STRATOSPHERE
• MESOSPHERE
• CLOUDS
• WIND
• TURBULENCE

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE