Self-study notes - GAUSSIAN PLUMES

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Under neutral atmospheric conditions it has been found that, over a range of heights corresponding to the vertical plume spread, centred at approximately hs, Iy and Iz may be estimated as 1 z h ln 0.88 I o s y ⎟⎟− ⎠ ⎞ ⎜⎜ ⎝ ⎛ = and 1 z h ln 0.50 I o s z ⎟⎟− ⎠ ⎞ ⎜⎜ ⎝ ⎛ = where “ln” is the natural log, hs is the release height and zo is the aerodynamic ...