Re: Atmospheric Dispersion

[somers_william_m@lanl.gov (William M. Somers)]

You might try contacting Dr. Tom Borak at tborak@vines.colostate.edu.  He
has done quit a bit of research regarding radon.


>G'day All!
>
>I am looking for a simple model for the dispersion of Rn in the atmosphere.
>Particularly, I would like to be able to predict the activity concentration
>of Rn at varying distances (starting at one metre) from a point source with
>a constant Rn emanation rate for various conditions. 
>
>Models based on the Pasquill-Gifford stability classes are no good as they
>are not relevant to the climate here in Brisbane (so I am told) and the
>values of the dispersion parameters are not given for distances of less than
>100m from the source. I am interested in distances of 1 to 10m from the source.
>
>Any pointers??
>
>
>
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