Author(s)

R.M. Cionco & J.H. Byers

Abstract

In most emergency response activities, it is essential to know how the local meteorological conditions and terrain can affect inadvertent and accidental releases and other operations. A better representation of the near field meteorology will ensure a more accurate and dependable on-site handling of situations of hazardous materials. This means including the presence and effects of land feature morphology (i.e. vegetation, buildings, etc) as well as terrain in your analysis. To transform meteorological models/codes into information for response and assessment during emergency activities, some seven tasks may be implemented with a high resolution, micrometeorological code in-hand. The user can then analyze areas affected as having adverse and favorable impacts at and downwi

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