{"title":"Urban dispersion program: towards a better understanding of contaminant transport in urban canyon environments","authors":"P. Kalb, J. Heiser, T. Watson, M. Reynolds","doi":"10.1109/LISAT.2005.1515614","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with support from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy is sponsoring a multi-year investigation to better understand how contaminants behave in complex inner city urban canyons. This effort will involve a broad team of collaborators from several U.S. National Laboratories, academic institutions and other government agencies. A series of tracer gas field studies in New York City will be conducted that will track meteorological conditions and measure the flow of tracer gases as a simulant for toxic contaminants. The data will then be used to evaluate and improve state-of-the-art mathematical models to predict atmospheric flow. These models will provide assistance to first responders and emergency management personnel to help in making difficult decisions to protect human health and safety in the event of an accidental or intentional (i.e., terrorist) toxic release.","PeriodicalId":137379,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Conference Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology, 2005.","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Conference Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology, 2005.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LISAT.2005.1515614","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with support from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy is sponsoring a multi-year investigation to better understand how contaminants behave in complex inner city urban canyons. This effort will involve a broad team of collaborators from several U.S. National Laboratories, academic institutions and other government agencies. A series of tracer gas field studies in New York City will be conducted that will track meteorological conditions and measure the flow of tracer gases as a simulant for toxic contaminants. The data will then be used to evaluate and improve state-of-the-art mathematical models to predict atmospheric flow. These models will provide assistance to first responders and emergency management personnel to help in making difficult decisions to protect human health and safety in the event of an accidental or intentional (i.e., terrorist) toxic release.