VEGETATIVE CANOPY
RESEARCH AT
(Selections of
typical papers and reports)
1. Meroney, R. N. and Cermak, J. E.,
CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFUSION WITHIN MODEL CANOPIES, Symposium on Theory and
Measurement of Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion in the Planetary Boundary
Layer, Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, December 5, 1967, Sandia Laboratories Report
SCM_68_191, May 1968, Sandia Laboratories, CEP67_68RNM83, Abst.rev.).
2. Meroney, R. N., CHARACTERISTICS OF WIND AND TURBULENCE IN
AND ABOVE MODEL FORESTS, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp.
780_788, October 1968, CEP67_68RNM93.
3. Meroney, R. N., Kesic, D., and
Yamada, T., GASEOUS PLUME DIFFUSION CHARACTERISTICS WITHIN MODEL PEG CANOPIES,
July 1968, CER68_69RNM-DK-TY3.
4. Meroney, R. N. and Kawatani,*
T., STRUCTURE OF CANOPY FLOW FIELD, September 1968, CER68_69TK-RNM13.
5. Meroney, R. N., WIND TUNNEL STUDIES OF THE AIR FLOW AND
GASEOUS PLUME DIFFUSION IN THE LEADING EDGE AND DOWNSTREAM REGIONS OF A MODEL
FOREST, Ninth Conference on Agricultural Meteorology, Seattle, Washington,
September 1969, CEP69_70RNM11, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 4, pp.597_614,
1970, AD_703_892.
6. Meroney, R. N. and Kawatani,*
T., TURBULENCE AND WIND SPEED CHARACTERISTICS WITHIN A MODEL CANOPY FLOW FIELD,
Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 7(1970), (143_158), CEP68_69TK-RNM28.
7. Meroney, R.N. (1990), "Review and Classification of
Complex Terrain Models for Use with Integrated Pest Management Program Spray
Models," Appendix B of SELECTION AND VERIFICATION OF COMPLEX TERRAIN WIND
FLOW MODEL FOR SPRAY TRANSPORT: Briefing Paper and Progress Report, U.S. Dept.
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Report 5E52P29, July 1990, pp. B-1 to
B-22. (See CEM89-90-RNM-1).
8. 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-1-a, CER92-93-1-b,
CER92-93-1-c,
CER92-93-1-d,
CER92-93-1-e,
CER92-93-1-f,
CER92-93-1-g.
9. 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,
10. Meroney, R.N.,
and Wu, George*, IMPACT OF CHANGES OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON SURFACE
LAYER WINDS, TURBULENCE AND PLUME DISPERSION, Proceedings of 9th Int. Conf. on
Wind Engineering, New Delhi, India, January 1995, 12 pp. (Reviewed conference).
CEP94-95-GW-RNM-14
WIND
FLOW OVER HILLS, RIDGES and VALLEYS: RESEARCH AT
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., 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.
16. Neff, D.E., WIND TUNNEL MODELLING OF
HILL AND VEGETATION INFLUENCE ON WIND POWER AVAILABILITY, Task 2: Winds over
Two Dimensional Hills, for U.S. Wind Power Inc., Livermore, CA, CSU Contract No. 298610,
March 1993, 84 pp. CER92-93-DEN-2-a,
CER92-93-2-b,
CER92-93-2-c.
17. 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) .