The dispersion of offshore pollutant plumes into moderately complex coastal terrain

Abstract

A field tracer study was conducted in a hilly area on the coast of California to provide data for evaluating air quality dispersion models. Dual tracers and meteorological measurements were taken both onshore and offshore in order to investigate the transport and dispersion of pollutant plumes released from offshore sources and carried to coastal complex terrain. This paper describes the study design and presents some preliminary conclusions from the data analysis.