Height effects, wind speed, dispersion models

Plume height is based on the assumed F stability and 2.5 m/s wind speed, and the dispersion parameter (o, ) incorporates the effects of buoyancy induced dispersion. If x , is less than 200 m, then no shoreline fumigation calculation is made, since the plume may still be influenced by transitional rise and its interaction with the TIBL is more difficult to model. 

Meteorology plays an important role in determining the height to which pollutants rise and disperse. Wind speed, wind shear and turbulent eddy currents influence the interaction between the plume and surroimding atmosphere. Ambient temperatures affect the buoyancy of a plume. However, in order to make equations of a mathematical model solvable, the plume rise is assumed to be only a function of the emission conditions of release, and many other effects are considered insignificant. 

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