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FEPS Plume Rise Module

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FEPS Plume Rise Module

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Plume Rise StepDescription

The FEPS Plume Rise Module invokes the Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) plume rise model to generate vertical plume profiles using a Briggs-type plume rise formulation to calculate buoyancy effects.

Model references:

Anderson, G.K.; Sandberg, D.V; Norheim, R.A., 2004. Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) User's Guide. Available at http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/feps/FEPS_users_guide.pdf

Model information contact:

Unknown, USFS, see contacts page

Model information link:

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/feps/index.shtml

Module Info

Invoked as:

PLUME_RISE = FEPSPlumeRise

in configuration ini

Known issues:

The Briggs formulation was designed to estimate plume rise due to buyoant point sources (e.g., power plants).

Notes:

 

Data fields used: 

time_profile, consumption, area

Related modules:

Authors:

Current Module Version(s)

Version 1 - stable

5/29/09
model v2.0

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    Requires BlueSky Framework v3.1 or greater

    Change Log

    Version 1:    5/29/09

    included as default in BlueSky v. 3.1

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