United States
                  Environmental Protection
                  Agency
    Atmospheric Research and Exposure
    Assessment Laboratory
    Research Triangle Park. NC 27711

    EPA/600/S3-90/025  Aug. 1990
4>EPA        Project Summary

                  Flow and  Dispersion of
                  Pollutants  within  Two-
                  Dimensional  Valleys: Summary
                  Report  on  Joint  Soviet-American
                 Study
                 LH. Khurshudyan, W.H. Snyder, I.V. Nekrasov, R.E. Lawson Jr
                 R.S. Thompson, and F.A. Schiermeier            ^wson, Jr/
                   Wind-tunnel experiments and a
                theoretical model concerning the
                flow structure and pollutant diffusion
                over  two-dimensional  valleys of
                varying  aspect ratio  are  described
                and compared. Three model valleys
                were  used, having small, medium
                and steep slopes.  Measurements of
                mean and turbulent  velocity fields
                were  made upstream, within  and
                downwind of each of these valleys
                Concentration distributions were
                measured downwind  of  tracer
                sources placed at  an  array  of
                locations within each  of the valleys
                The data are displayed as maps of
                terrain amplification factors, defined
                as the ratios of maximum ground-
                level concentrations in the presence
                of the valleys to the maxima observed
                from sources  of  the  same  height
                located in flat terrain.  Maps are also
               provided  showing the distance to
               locations  of the maximum ground-
               level  concentrations.    The
               concentration  patterns  are
               interpreted in terms of the detailed
               flow structure measured in  the
               valleys.   These  data were  also
               compared  with  results  of  a
               mathematical model for treating flow
               and dispersion over two-dimensional
               complex terrain. This model used the
               wind-tunnel  measurements  to
               generate mean flow fields  and eddy
               diffusivities, and these  were applied
               in the  numerical  solution  of the
               diffusion  equation.   Measured
               concentration fields were predicted
               reasonably well by this model for the
  valley of small slope and somewhat

  Lion W6o f°r  the valley  of medi<-""
  slope.  Because flow separation was
  observed within the steepest valley
  the model was  not applied in  this
  case.
   This  Project  Summary  was
  developed by  EPA's Atmospheric
  Hesearch and  Exposure  Assessment
  Laboratory, flesearcn Triangle Park
  NC,  to announce key findings of the
  research  project that is fully
  documented in  a separate report of
  the same title  (see Project Report
  ordering information at back).


  Introduction

    This report presents results of  the
 Joint Soviet-American  Work Program for
 studying air flows and dispersion of
 pollutants within valleys. The work was
 conducted in the Fluid Modeling Facility
 of the U.S.  Environmental Protection
 Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Park,
 rMv_<.
    Investigations of  air  pollution
 transport  and  dispersion  in  the
 atmosphere within valleys are essential
 for the protection of air quality, because
 industrial  enterprises and other sources
 of air pollution locate predominantly
 within valleys. Although much effort has
 already been expended in elucidating this
 problem and establishing guidelines for
 industry  and air  pollution control
organizations to follow in the prediction of
concentrations from sources located
within complex terrain, the problem is far

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from solved. Given the preponderance of
populations  and industry located within
valleys, the lack  of  concerted  research
efforts  on flow  structure  and dispersion
within  valleys  is  rather  surprising,
particularly in comparison with the efforts
expended on flow and dispersion over
hills.
    This study  is a  natural complement
to earlier work by  Khurshudyan et al.
(1981),  wherein similar  measurements
were made of  the  flow structure  and
dispersion  of  pollutants  over  two-
dimensional hills.  An extensive data set
was collected in a wind tunnel on the flow
structure  and  concentration  fields
resulting  from  sources  placed  within
three valleys with  different width-to-depth
ratios.   In addition  to furthering basic
understanding of the  physics, one of the
main purposes of the experimental study
was to  test the performance of a diffusion
model  for calculating maximum  ground-
level concentrations (glcs) resulting from
elevated  point sources placed within  the
valleys.
    The  primary results of our study  are
presented in terms of terrain amplification
factors  (TAFs),  defined as  the  ratios of
maximum ground-level concentrations in
the presence  of the  valleys  to   the
maximum glcs from sources of the same
height  in the absence  of the valleys (in
flat terrain).  This definition does  not
involve  the  locations of  the maximum
glcs; these maxima will generally occur at
very different downwind  distances from
the source in the two situations (with and
without  the valley),  but  it is  only  the
values   of  the  maxima  which  are
compared, wherever  they occur.  In  the
U.S.S.R., the TAP is  used directly in  the
regulatory framework. The U.S.  EPA, on
the other hand, uses a related  "excess
concentration";  it  is  related  to  the  TAP
through the additive  factor of unity;  that
is,  a  "zero" excess  concentration  is
equivalent to a  TAP  of 1.0,  and a 40%
excess concentration  is equivalent to a
TAP of 1.4.
    Following the lead of Lawson et al.
(1989), we present the primary results as
contour plots of  constant  TAP.  This
allows  the  further  introduction  of
"windows" of excess concentration.  If a
source  is far enough  upstream of  the
valley and the pollutant is released at  low
level,  the maximum  glc  will occur
upstream of the valley, so that the effect
of the  valley will be negligible.   If  the
source  is tall enough, the maximum  glc
will occur far downstream of the valley,
so that, again, the effect of the valley  will
be negligible.  If pollutants  are  released
within the valley,  however,  the  TAP  will
generally exceed unity, and its value will
depend upon  the  source  location within
the valley.  Hence, a region or "window"
will exist  such  that pollutants  emitted
within  that  window  will  result  in
"excessive" glcs.
    Lawson et al. (1989) have presented
"windows" of  excess concentration for
typical shapes  of two- and three-
dimensional hills that extended  as far as
10  to 15  hill heights upstream  and
downstream of the hills. The purpose of
the current study was  to determine to
what  extent  valleys  might  influence
maximum glcs, that is, to establish values
and windows of  excess concentration for
typical valley shapes that might be found
in the real  world.  The  valleys chosen
were  two-dimensional shapes with  three
different aspect  ratios,  n =  a/h  =  3, 5,
and 8, where  a  is the valley half-width,
and h is the valley depth  (height).  The
valleys will hereafter  be referred  to
according to their aspect ratio; that is, as
valley 3, valley 5, and valley 8 for n  = 3,
5  and  8,  respectively.   These valley
shapes were chosen to represent a fairly
typical range  of realistic valley  shapes.
The maximum  slopes were 10° (valley 8),
16o (valley 5),  and 26° (valley 3). As will
be shown later, the flow structure in these
valleys differed  rather dramatically from
one to the  next.  In valley 8,  the  flow did
not separate,  but  nevertheless,   the
influence of the  valley on  the TAFs was
significant.   In valley 3, the  flow clearly
separated on the upstream slope, and a
mean  recirculation  region  was  formed
inside the valley;  this had  important
influences on the TAFs. In valley 5, the
separation might be described  as
incipient; the mean flow was downstream
everywhere,  but instantaneous  flow
reversals  were  commonly  observed.
Thus,  pollutants  emitted within  this  flow
were  frequently  wafted  back and  forth
before being  transported downstream,
and large  TAFs were  measured within
this valley.
    Extensive  measurements  of the  flow
structure within each of the three valleys
were  made, and we  attempt to interpret
the results (the TAP plots) in terms of the
flow structure.
    Simultaneously with the  measure-
ments in the  wind  tunnel, a theoretical
model (Elerlyand  et al., 1975) was used to
calculate terrain  amplification  factors for
sources located  within the valleys.  This
model used wind-tunnel  data on the  flow
structure as input for numerical  solution
ot the turbulent  diffusion  equation.   As
will be  seen later,  the  model  provides
quite  reasonable predictions of TAFs for
the valley  of  intermediate  slope  and
somewhat better predictions  for  t
gently-sloped valley.  Because the moc
cannot handle separated flows, it was r
applied to the steep-sloped valley.

Apparatus, Instrumentation,
and Measurement Techniques
     The  model  valleys  were place
within the EPA  Meteorological Wir
Tunnel, which has a test  section 3.7
wide, 2.1 m high  and 18.3 m long.  Tf
approach  flow  was  a  simulate
atmospheric boundary layer, generate
using  a  fence and  gravel   roughnes
Extensive measurements of both the fla
terrain boundary  layer  and the  flo
structure within the  valleys  were mac
using  hot-wire  and  pulsed-wir
anemometry.   Ethane gas,   used  as
tracer, was  released  from  numerou
positions within  each valley through
perforated  hollow  sphere  to  simulate
neutrally  buoyant  point  source
Concentration  measurements  were mad
downstream  using  flame-ionizatio
detectors.  More extensive  description
of  the  experimental apparatus  am
measurement  techniques  may be fount
in Snyder et al. 1990) or Khurshudyan e
a/. (1990).
     A large  number of  concentratior
profiles   (approximately  170) wen
measured.   Primary  stack heights were
Hs/h = 0.25, 0.50, 1.0, and 1.50.  Primary
stack positions were at  the upstrearr
edge (x/a = -1.0), center  (x/a =0.0 anc
downstream edge (x/a  =  1.0) of  eacr
valley. Full surface concentration profiles
were measured with each  of these  stack
heights and locations within  each valley
(and in flat terrain). Abbreviated surface
profiles, sufficient to determine the value
and  location  of  the  maximum ground-
level concentration  were made at
intermediate stack heights  and locations.
Lateral and vertical concentration profiles
were measured at only a  few downwind
positions for  a very  limited  number of
stack positions and heights.

Presentation and Discussion of
Experimental Results

    Sufficient measurements were made
of the flat-terrain boundary-layer structure
and  its  dispersive  characteristics to
ascertain that it was a reasonable
simulation  of  the neutral atmospheric
boundary  layer.   The free-stream  wind
speed was 4ms-1.
    The pulsed-wire anemometer proved
to be quite useful  within the very highly
turbulent, separated  flows  within  the
valleys,  because it can sense  flow
reversals. Probability density distributions

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   f  longitudinal  velocity  fluctuations were
   onstructed  from  the  pulsed-wire
   leasurements.  They showed that at the
   nwest levels  within valley 5,  mean
   elocities  were  quite   small, but
   istantaneous flow  reversals were very
   ;ommon  (up to 40%  of the time).  In
   'alley 3,  mean  velocities were negative
   )elow h/4, very close to  zero at h/2, and
  some reversals occurred  even  at the
  /alley top h.  In spite of the  flow reversals
  and very  large  turbulence intensities (up
  :o  170%), for many practical purposes,
  :he distributions were closely  Gaussian in
  :haracter.
      Mean  streamlines were calculated
  from  the  mean velocity measurements
  within the valleys.   For  valleys 5  and  8,
  mass-consistent   wind  fields   were
  computed by using  the model described
  later.  For valley 3,  the mean velocity
  profiles were simply integrated to find the
  elevations of specific  values  of the
  stream function.    These  streamline
  patterns are displayed in Figure 1.
     At first glance, the streamline pattern
 over valley 8 is reminiscent of potential
 flow; but  closer examination reveals it  is
 asymmetrical, with the lower streamlines
 being considerably closer to the surface
 on  the downwind   slope than on the
 upwind one. The streamline pattern over
 valley  5  is clearly  asymmetrical,  and
 because the streamlines diverge strongly
 away  from the surface, it is clear that the
 velocity is  reduced markedly at the valley
 center; indeed, it  appears  that  a
 stagnation  region exists in  the  valley
 bottom.   In  valley  3,  the streamline
 pattern clearly  shows a recirculation
 region, with separation occurring a short
 distance down  the  upwind slope  and
 reattachment occurring about halfway up
 the  downwind  slope  from  the  valley
 center.  The  three  valley shapes thus
 result  in three  fundamentally different
 flow  patterns.   These  basic   flow
 structures are  fairly typical and cover the
 range  of patterns to  be observed  at full
 scale,  albeit in neutral stratification.
     These  data   have  important
 implications for the behavior  of pollutants
 released  within  these valleys.    Two
 primary features of  two-dimensional
 neutral flow affect glcs: the displacement
 of the mean streamlines and  the changes
 in turbulence.    The displacement of
 streamlines  determines how  near to the
 surface the centerline  of  a plume  will
 reach.  The convergence and divergence
 of the streamlines affect the  plume  width
 (a) directly and (b) indirectly through their
distorting   effects  on  the  velocity
gradients,  which in turn  affect the
turbulence.  The  turbulence  itself, of
  course, spreads and  diffuses the plume.
  All of these effects can either increase or
  decrease surface  concentrations.   Note
  that, because the flow is two-dimensional,
  the mean  streamlines remain in  vertical
  planes.   However, the longitudinal  and
  vertical turbulence intensities are greatly
  increased  through the flow distortions
  and,   because  of  the  tendency  of
  turbulence to distribute its energy  equally
  in all  directions, the lateral turbulence
  intensities will also be greatly increased.
     It is useful  to examine in some detail
  the flow structure within the  three valleys
  with a view  toward  anticipating  the
  behavior  of  pollutants  released within
  them.  Consider first the mean streamline
  pattern  over  valley  8  (Figure  1c).
  Because it  displays  the  smallest  flow
  distortions  of the three valleys, we  may
  expect  the;  smallest  changes  (from  flat
  terrain)   in   maximum   surface
  concentrations,  (i.e., TAFs closest to  1.0).
  Because the mean streamlines  begin to
  diverge at the  upstream  edges  of  the
  valleys, wo might expect maximum  glcs
  from sources placed there to  be less  than
  those observed in  flat terrain (TAFs  less
  than  unity).   On the  upwind slope,  the
  mean streamlines diverge so  that plumes
  released there  would be transported
 farther   from the  surface.   However,
 because the turbulence  is increased,
 these  plumes  would  be  diffused more
 rapidly  to  the  surface.   With  these
 counteracting tendencies, it is difficult to
 speculate  on the net effects except to
 state that we would  not expect the largest
 TAFs to occur  with  sources located in
 this position.  For sources placed  above
 the valley center, it  is easily seen that the
 streamlines transport  the  plumes  closer
 to  the  surface  and  the  enhanced
 turbulence apidly diffuses a plume to the
 surface.   Hence, we  may  expect  the
 largest  TAFs from sources placed  in the
 valley center.  For sources placed  at the
 downwind odge of  the valley, we  again
 observe the  counteracting  effects  of
 streamline  divergence  but  increased
 turbulence, and  we expect the TAFs to
 be near unity again.  Note that enhanced
 lateral  diffusion  will  diminish surface
 concentrations along the plume axis,  but
 increase the area  of  coverage'in  the
 lateral direction.
    For  valleys 5 and  3, we may expect
 roughly  the same behavior  from sources
 placed  near  the  upstream  and
 downstream edges  of  the  valleys, i.e.,
 TAFs near unity.  For low sources above
the center  of valley   5,  however,  we
observe very  small   mean  transport
speeds and very common flow reversals.
We may  expect the  plumes to be wafted
  back  and  forth while  being diffused
  strongly in the  lateral  and  vertical
  directions  before eventually  being
  transported  downstream.  Thus, we may
  expect quite large TAFs for low sources
  near the center of valley 5.
      In  valley 3, the streamline patterns
  show  a definite recirculation region  that
  extends to  nearly  75% of the  valley
  depth.   Plumes  released  on  the
  separation/reattachment  streamline  will
  be transported  directly  to the  surface.
  We  may thus  expect  very large  TAFs
  from such  releases.   Plumes  released
  well below  the  separation/reattachment
  streamline,  say  in  the  reversed  flow
  region around h/4, would be transported
  upstream in  a more routine manner, with
  the plume axis  remaining nearly parallel
  to the surface. Because of the  very large
  turbulence  intensities and  relatively  low
  transport speeds,  we  may  still expect
  large TAFs  (but not as  large  as  those
  from the higher sources).
     Figure  2  illustrates some typical
  comparisons   between   surface
  concentration  profiles  measured  from
  sources placed  above the valley centers
  and  that from  a source of the same
  height  in flat terrain.   In all cases,  the
  stack height  Hs was equal to one-half  the
 valley depth  h.   xs denotes the distance
 from  the  source.    The  increased
 concentrations caused by the valleys  are
 dramatic and the TAFs  range from about
 2.5 in valley  8 to  about 12 in valley 3.  As
 the concentration increases, the distance
 to the maximum decreases.  The location
 of the maximum for valley 3 was actually
 slightly upwind of the source.  For valley
 5, the location of the maximum glc was
 downstream,  but very close --  about 2
 stack heights away --  and  the TAF  is
 about 6.
    Measurements  such as  these  were
 made at an array of source locations and
 heights in the vicinity of  each of the three
 valleys,  and  the  TAFs were  determined
 for each location.   Maps  of these TAFs
 are shown in  Figure 3, where isopleths of
 constant TAF have been drawn.   The first
 impression   is that  the  patterns are
 symmetrical about the vertical centerline,
 but closer examination reveals some
 asymmetry.   Nevertheless, the near-
 symmetry and  the  overall similarity  in
 shape amongst the three valleys is quite
 surprising in  view of the very  different
 flow patterns  observed.  In contrast, the
 magnitudes of the maximum TAFs differ
 widely, from 2.5 in valley 8 to 15 in valley
 3.  These differences, of course, reflect
the effects of  the different flow structures.
    Contours  with TAF values of 1.4,  2,
4,  etc.,  have  been  drawn  where

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Figure 1.  Streamline patterns derived from experimental measurements over the valleys. Note that the
          vertical scales are exaggerated.

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                                                                  A  Valley 3

                                                                  a  Valley 5

                                                                  O  Valley 8

                                                                  ^— Flat terrain
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                      Figure 2.  Comparison  of surface  concentration profiles from sources placed within  the
                               valleys with one from a source of the same height in flat terrain.  Hs = h/2. Source
                               position is at the center of the valley (x/a =0).
appropriate.   Note  that these contours
form  "windows"  within  which  the
maximum glc exceeds the glc that occurs
in flat terrain  by 40%, 100%, 300%, etc.
The longitudinal extent of the window  of
40% excess  concentration extends over
approximately 60% of the width of valley
8, 80% of the width of valley 5, and more
than  90% of  the width of valley  3.  The
vertical extent of the  40% window is 1.5,
2.0, and  2.5  valley  heights above the
valley  top for valleys  8,  5,  and  3,
respectively.
    Application of the data in Figure 3  is
straightforward.  Let us consider a source
which is located in the center  of  a rather
broad valley,  say one similar in shape  to
valley 8;  and  the height of the source  is
half the valley height.  Figure 3c suggests
that the maximum  glc would be about 2.5
times that expected from a source of the
same height  but  located in  flat  terrain.
On the other hand,  if the  valley  were
considerably  narrower,  say  close to
valley  5,  Figure   3b  suggests  the
maximum glc would be about 7 times as
large as that from the same source in flat
terrain.  Although precise interpolation of
these results for  valleys  intermediate in
shape and slope to those examined here
may be difficult,  the results allow us to
place some useful limits on the effects of
valleys of  intermediate shape and slope.
    Figure 4 shows the loci of  source
positions leading to the same locations of
maximum glc.   These  loci have been
identified  by  marking  them  with  the
position of the maximum glc  (in  valley
heights from the  centers  of the valleys).
Note that  the "undisturbed" or flat-terrain
loci  (dotted  lines) are simply  parallel,
nearly straight, diagonal lines.  Within the
valley, these loci  are distorted, as shown
by the solid lines.  The diagrams may be
used as  follows:  for any given source
position, we may plot that position on the
diagram,   then follow  the  locus  to  the
ground; the intersection of that locus with
the ground is, of  course, the  location of
the maximum  glc.  Conversely, from a
knowledge  of  the  location  of  the
maximum  glc,  we  may  use  these
diagrams to  determine  the  line along
which the source was positioned.  These
loci  become  highly  distorted near the
valley centers, and the steeper the valley,
the higher the distortion.  As the distance
(both longitudinal and vertical) from the
valley center increases,  these  loci
gradually relax to their  undisturbed  or
flat-terrain values.

Numerical  Model and
Comparisons with Experimental
Results
    One  of the  main  purposes  of the
experimental  study described above was
to test the applicability  of a diffusion
model  for  the evaluation of maximum
glcs resulting from elevated  continuous
point sources  placed in a  curvilinear
neutral atmospheric boundary layer.  The
model  used  data  from  the  wind-tunnel
measurements of wind  velocities  and
turbulence  characteristics as  input

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                                                                                            measurements.
parameters to calculate two-dimensional,
mass-consistent flow fields.  These flow
fields were then applied in the numerical
solution of the diffusion equation. Such a
model was  previously  developed  by
Berlyand  et al.  (1975),   primarily  for
evaluation of  pollutant  dispersion  in
complex terrain.
    The present version of  the model
does  not  incorporate a  longitudinal
diffusion term, and therefore  does  not
calculate the  spread  of  pollutants  in
separated flows.   Thus, no attempt was
made to apply the model to valley 3, and
calculations were made only for valleys 5
and  8 (and, of course, for flat terrain so
that TAFs could be computed).
    Contour  maps of constant TAP  as
predicted by  the model are  shown in
Figure 5. These are to be compared with
the measurements shown in  Figure 3.
The  maps for valley  8 show generally
similar  overall  patterns,  but differ  in

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              Figure  4. Distance in valley depths from the valley center to the location of maximum ground-level
                       concentration. Flat terrain values are indicated as dotted lines.
several details.  The vertical extent of the
40%-excess  window  (the  TAP  =  1.4
contour) extends to about 1.5 h from the
measurements,  but to only 1.25  h from
the model  predictions.  The  horizontal
extent of  the  measured window  is
somewhat larger than that  of the  model-
predicted window.  The model-predicted
window  is  shifted  somewhat  upstream
and,  whereas the resolution of the grid
used for the experimental measurements
was rather coarse, a hint of an upstream
shift is also observed there.  The  model
generally predicts larger TAFs to occur at
lower  elevations,  whereas  the
measurements show elevated  maxima.
Both predicted and observed TAFs were
generally less than unity when the source
was at the upstream or downstream edge
of the valley.   Maximum TAF values are
quite  close to one  another.  Generally
similar statements may  be made when
comparing the calculated and  observed
TAF  maps  for  valley  5,  but  the
differences are somewhat larger.

Conclusions
    The  laboratory  work  provided  a
reasonable  simulation  of the  flow
structure and diffusion  characteristics of
the neutral atmospheric boundary layer.
The  model  valleys  were idealized in
shape, but cover the  range of a majority
of valleys to be found  at full scale, at
least in terms of the basic classes of flow

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                       Figure 5.  Contours of constant terrain amplification factor derived from model calculations.
 structure that may be observed.  Valley 8
 was rather gentle in slope, and  the flow
 over it may be characterized as relatively
 smooth  and  well-behaved.   Valley 5,
 being steeper in slope, caused the flow to
 separate intermittently, but  not in  the
 mean.  In valley 3, the steepest,  the flow
 clearly  separated a  short distance  from
 the upstream  edge, and  a  recirculating
 flow  was  formed  within the  valley.
 Pollutants released at  the same relative
 locations within  each  of  these  valleys
 behave very differently from one  another,
 and  the resulting  surface concentration
 patterns are dramatically different.
    The overall effects of  the  valleys on
 surface concentrations are characterized
 in  terms of terrain amplification factors
 (TAFs), defined as the ratios of maximum
ground-level concentrations from  sources
located within  the valleys to the  maxima
that would  exist  from  identical  sources
located on  flat terrain.  Maps of these
 TAF:s are provided for each valley.  Also
 provided are maps detailing the distances
 to  locations where  these  maximum
 ground-level concentrations  will  occur.
 These  maps allow  a  practitioner to
 quickly and easily assess  the  likely
 impact of a source located in a valley and
 to  identify  the  location where  that
 maximum impact will occur.
    A two-dimensional theoretical  model
 that uses a variational analysis technique
 was  applied  to  the  wind-tunnel
 measurements of the flow  structure near
 the valleys  to  produce  mass-consistent
 mean wind fields.  Measurements  of the
 turbulent fluctuating velocities were  also
 used to calculate vertical and crosswind
 eddy diffusivities.  The diffusion equation
 was then  solved numerically to obtain
 maximum ground-level  concentrations
from elevated point sources  of various
heights near valleys 8 and 5, as well as
over flat terrain.  The  calculated  and
 measured  concentrations for  flat  terrain
 showed good agreement. Comparison of
 calculated  and  measured TAFs for valley
 8 showed satisfactory agreement.  Valley
 5 exhibited more  severe  streamline
 distortion  and  a stagnation region  with
 large  fluctuating velocities  near  the
 bottom of  the  valley,  and therefore the
 differences  between  calculated  and
 measured TAFs were significant in some
 cases.

 References
 Berlyand M.E.,  Genikhovich E.L.   and
   Khurshudyan L.H.  (1975) Use  of the
   results of modeling of an air stream  in
   wind tunnels  for the  calculation of air
   pollution.  Atmos.  Diff.   & Air Poll.,
   Trudy   GGO, Hydromet  Press,
   Leningrad, USSR (EPA Trans. TR-79-
   0431)352,3-15.
Khurshudyan  L.H., Snyder  W.H. and
   Nekrasov  I.V.  (1981)  Flow  and

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  dispersion  of pollutants over  two-
  dimensional hills:  summary report on
  joint Soviet- American  study.  EPA-
  600/4-81-067,  U.S. Environmental
  Protection Agency, Research Triangle
  Park, NC 143p.
Khurshudyan  L.H.,  Snyder  W.H.,
  Nekrasov  I.V.,  Lawson  R.E.  Jr.,
  Thompson R.S. and Schiermeier  F.A.
  (1990)  Flow and dispersion  of
  pollutants  within  two-dimensional
  valleys:  summary  report on  joint
  Soviet-American  study.  EPA Report
  (in review),  U.S.   Environmental
  Protection Agency, Research Triangle
  Park, NC 85p.
Lawson  R.E.  Jr.,  Snyder  W.H. and
  Thompson  R.S.  (1989) Estimation of
  maximum surface concentrations from
  sources  near  complex  terrain  in
  neutral  flow.     Atmospheric
  Environment 23, 321-31.
Snyder,  W.H.,  Khurshudyan,  L.H.,
  Nekrasov, I.V.,  Lawson,  R.E.Jr.,  and
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  dispersion of pollutants  within two-
  dimensional  valleys.   Atmospheric
  Environment (submitted).
   LH. Khurshudyan, is with  Main Geophysical Observatory, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.,
      I.V. Nekrasov, is with the Institute of Mechanics, State University of Moscow,
      Moscow, U.S.S.R, R.E. Lawson, Jr.,  R.S. Thompson and FA. Schiermeier are
      with  Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory,   U.  S.
      Environmental Protection Agency , RTP, NC 27711.
   William  H. Snyder is the EPA Project Officer (see below).
   The complete report, entitled  "Flow and Dispersion of Pollutants within Two-
      Dimensional Valleys: Summary  Report  on Joint  Soviet-American  Study,"
      (Order No. PB  90-186362; Cost:, $17.00 subject to change) will be available
      only from:
            National Technical Information Service
            5285 Port Royal Road
            Springfield, VA22161
            Telephone: 703-487-4650
   The EPA Project Officer can be contacted at:
            Atmospheric  Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory
            U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
            Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

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