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A method is proposed to study the transport of a passive additive in the atmospheric surface layer with the use of the atmospheric transfer function. This method makes it possible to estimate the spatial distribution of the concentration of a passive additive in the atmospheric surface layer from the additive’s surface source without experimentally determining the vertical profile of the transport coefficient or without resorting to various hypotheses for the character of its behavior. The transfer function, which contains the information on the wind-field structure, can be obtained from simple one-point measurements of surface-and air-temperature fluctuations and from subsequent spectral processing of the data. The effects of the wind-velocity profile and turbulence on the spatial distribution of additive concentration are assessed. This method allows one to simplify experiments during development and verification of the models of atmospheric diffusion. This method may also be useful in emergency situations to predict the propagation of hazardous additives.
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Original Russian Text © V.P. Kukharets, H.G. Nalbandyan, 2006, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 341–346.
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Kukharets, V.P., Nalbandyan, H.G. Simulation of additive transport from the land surface on the basis of experimental data on heat transfer in the atmospheric surface layer. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 42, 313–318 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433806030042
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