WIND FLOW OVER HILLS, RIDGES and VALLEYS: RESEARCH AT

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY , (Selected articles and reports).

 

 1.        Meroney, R. N., Sandborn, V. A., Bouwmeester, R. J. B., and Rider, M. A., SITES FOR WINDPOWER INSTALLATIONS:  Wind Tunnel Simulation of the Influence of Two-Dimensional Ridges on Wind Speed and Turbulence, NSF/RANN GAER 75_00702, July 1976, CER76_77RNM-VAS-RB-MAR5.

 

 2.        Meroney, R. N., Bouwmeester,* R. J. B., Sandborn, V. A., and Rider, M. A., THE INFLUENCE OF HILL SHAPE ON WIND CHARACTERISTICS OVER TWO-DIMENSIONAL HILLS, Proceedings of Third Biennial Conference and Workshop on Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Sponsored by ERDA, September 19_21, 1977, Washington, D.C., pp. 646_653, CEP77_78RJBB-RNM-VAS-MAR17. (Abstract reviewed).

 

 3.        Meroney, R. N., Bouwmeester,* R. J. B., Sandborn, V. A., SITES FOR WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS:  WIND CHARACTERISTICS OVER RIDGES:  FINAL REPORT PART I, Department of Energy Contract No. EY_76-S_06_2438, A001, Report RLO/2438_77/1, June 1978, CER77_78RJBB-RNM-VAS-S1.

 

 4.        Meroney, R. N., Bowen, A. J., Lindley, D., and Pearse, J., WIND CHARACTERISTICS OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN:  LABORATORY SIMULATION AND FIELD MEASUREMENT AT RAKAIA GORGE, NEW ZEALAND, FINAL REPORT, PART II, Department of Energy Contract No. EY_76-S_06_2438, A001, 219 pp., Report RLO/2438_77/2, 219 pp., May 1978, CER77_78RNM29.

 

 5.        Meroney R. N., Sandborn, V. A., Bouwmeester, R. J. B., Chien, H. C., and Rider, M., SITES FOR WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS:  PHYSICAL MODELING OF THE INFLUENCE OF HILLS, RIDGES AND COMPLEX TERRAIN ON WIND SPEED AND TURBULENCE:  Part II:  Executive Summary, Department of Energy Contract No. EY_78-S_06_2438, A001, Report RLO/2436_77/3, June 1978, 91 pp., CER77_78RNM-VAS-RJBB-HCC-MR50a.

 

 6.        Meroney, R. N., Sandborn, V. A., Bouwmeester, R. J. B., Chien, H. C., and Rider, M., SITES FOR WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS:  PHYSICAL MODELING OF THE INFLUENCE OF HILLS, RIDGES AND COMPLEX TERRAIN ON WIND SPEED AND TURBULENCE:  Final Report Part II:  Appendix, Department of Energy Contract No. EY_76-S_06_2438, A001, Report RLO/2438_77/3, June 1978, CER77_78RNM-VAS-RJBB-HCC-MR50b.

 

 7.        Meroney, R. N., Chien,* H. C., and Sandborn, V. A., PHYSICAL MODELING OF THE WIND FIELD OVER KAHUKU POINT, OAHU, HAWAII, DOE Contract No. DE-AS06_77ET20292, A004, FDDL Report CER79_80HCC-RNM-VAS25, 162pp.

 

 8.        Meroney, R. N., FIELD VERIFICATION AND LABORATORY SIMULATION OF AIRFLOW PATTERNS IN COMPLEX TERRAIN, Proceedings of Fourth Symposium on Turbulence, Diffusion, and Air Pollution, January 15_18, 1979, Reno, Nevada, pp. 592_595, CEP78_79RNM7, (Abstract reviewed only).

 

 9.        Meroney, R. N., WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION OF THE FLOW OVER HILLS AND COMPLEX TERRAIN, J. of Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 5 (1980), pp. 297_321, CEP78_79RNM35, (Invited paper, reviewed).

 

10.        Meroney, R. N., Lindley, D., and Bowen, A. J., PHYSICAL MODELING OF FLOW OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Wind Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, July 8_14, 1979, pp. 975_985, CEP78_79RNM-AJB-DL24, (Reviewed paper).

 

11.        Meroney, R.  N., PHYSICAL SIMULATION OF DISPERSION IN COMPLEX TERRAIN AND VALLEY DRAINAGE FLOW SITUATIONS, 11th Int. Tech. Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 24_27 November 1980, CEP80_81RNM_34, 21 p., Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application, C. De Wispelaere, ed., Plenum, 1981. (Reviewed).

 

12.                Meroney, R.N. and Neff, D.E.*, and Tan, T.Z., WIND TUNNEL STUDY OF TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION DOWNWIND OF THE STRINGFELLOW HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie and Lerach, San Diego, CA, 67 pp. CER89-90DEN-TZT-RNM-10.

 

13.        Meroney, R.N., FLUID DYNAMICS OF FLOW OVER HILLS AND MOUNTAINS: Insights Obtained Through Physical Modeling, Chapter 7 of AMS Monograph on Current Directions in Atmospheric Processes Over Complex Terrain, AMS Monograph Volume 23, Number 45, June 1990, pp. 145-172. CEP88_89RNM-6a, CEP88-89-6b, CEP88-89-6c, CEP88-89-6d, CEP88-89-6e, (Invited review), 1990.

 

14.        Meroney, R.N.  DISPERSION IN NON-FLAT OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN AND ADVANCED MODELING TECHNIQUES:  Workshop Summary from Workshop on Modeling and Mitigating the Consequences of Accidental Releases of Hazardous Materials, New Orleans, LA, 20 May 1991.  AICHE Plant Operations Progress, Vol 11, No 1, January, 1992, pp. 6-11.  CEP91-92-RNM-1.

 

15.                Meroney, R.N. (1992), WIND_TUNNEL MODELLING OF HILL AND VEGETATION INFLUENCE ON WIND POWER AVAILABILITY:  TASK 1:  LITERATURE REVIEW, Prepared for Meteorological Services, U.S. Windpower, Inc., Livermore, CA, CSU Contract No. 298610, November 1992, 123 pp. CER92_93_RNM_1a, CER92-93-1-b, CER92-93-1-c, CER92-93-1-d, CER92-93-1-e, CER92-93-1-f, CER92-93-1.g.

 

16.        Meroney, R.N., Grainger, Clyde,* DISPERSION IN AN OPEN-CUT COAL MINE IN STABLY STRATIFIED FLOW., Jrnl. of Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 63, 1993, pp. 117-140.  CEP91-92CG-RNM-5.

 

17.        Meroney, R.N., Neff, D.E., and Wu, G., PREDICTION OF TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION OVER VEGETATED REGIONS ON HILLS AND RIDGES, Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Air & Waste Management Association, June 13-18, 1993, Denver, Colorado, 16 pp. AUWMA Paper 93-MP-2.05.  CEP92-93-RNM-DEN-GW-6.  (Abstract reviewed)

 

18.        Meroney, R.N., McCarthy, E.F., and Neff, D.E., ELEVATION AND VEGETATION CONSIDERATIONS ON WIND POWER AVAILABILITY:  A WIND TUNNEL STUDY, 23rd Annual American Wind Energy Association Conference (Wind Power '93), July 12-16, 1993, San Francisco, CA, 5 pp. CEP93-94-EFM-RNM-DEN-5.

 

19.        Meroney, R.N. and Neff, D.E.*,  WIND-TUNNEL MODELLING OF HILL AND VEGETATION INFLUENCE ON WIND POWER AVAILABILITY, Proceedings of Wind Energy and Landscape (WEL), Satellite International Workshop of the 2nd European & African Conference on Wind Engineering (2 EACWE), Genova, Italy, June 26-27, 1997, 10 pp., Also published as reviewed paper in  J. of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 74-76, 1998, pp. 335-343. (Actually distributed Feb 1998) CEP96-97-DEN-RNM-5.

 

20.        Meroney, R.N.   CFD MODELING OF DENSE GAS CLOUD DISPERSION OVER IRREGULAR TERRAIN, 13th Int. Conf. on Wind Engineering, July 10-15, 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 4 pp.  CEP10-11-2 (color) .