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Experimental data for buoyant plumes released from high sources into layers having little ambient turbulence show that plume dispersion parameters vary in a manner similar to that during initial plume rise. This is consistent with general plume rise theory. Dispersion of plumes from tall stacks in a shoreline environment where a thermal internal boundary layer is formed often demonstrates this behaviour.
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Misra, P.K., McMillan, A.C. On the dispersion parameters of plumes from tall stacks in a shoreline environment. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 19, 175–185 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00117219
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