Proposals Approved for Funding Period FY 2000-2004
for the Environmental Meteorology Program's

Vertical Transport and Mixing Program

• "Air Quality Overview and Measurements During Intensive VTMX Study Period in the Salt Lake Basin" -- John G. Watson and Daniel L. Freeman, Principal Investigators
• "An Investigation of the Dynamics and Evolution of Elevated Stable Layers Above Basin Topography" -- R. L. Coulter, J. D. Shannon, T. J. Martin, and M. Pekour, Principal Investigators
• "Analysis of the Planetary Boundary Layer in an Urban Valley" -- John Horel, Steven Lazarus, and Tom Potter, Principal Investigators
• "Convergence and Divergence within a Basin and Its Effect on the Vertical Mixing of Pollutants" -- Jerome D. Fast, Principal Investigator
• "Doppler Lidar Studies of Flow and Vertical Mixing in a Mountain Basin" -- Robert M. Banta and Lisa S. Darby, Principal Investigators
• "4D Radar/Acoustic Measurement of Atmospheric Turbulence in the Stable Boundary Layer" -- Stephen Frasier, Andrew Pazmany, and John Wyngaard, Principal Investigators
• "Large Eddy Simulation of Stable Boundary Layer Turbulent Processes in Complex Terrain" -- Eric D. Skyllingstad, Principal Investigator
• "Large-Scale Meteorological Influences on Urban Cold Pools in the Intermountain Basin" -- C. David Whiteman and Xindi Bian, Principal Investigators
• "Measurement and Improved Understanding of Vertical Transport and the Evaluation of These Processes in Mesoscale Models" -- David Parsons, Thomas Horst, Steve Cohn, and William O.J. Brown, Principal Investigators
• "Multiresolution Feature Analysis and Other Techniques for Understanding and Modeling Turbulence in Stable Atmospheres" -- R. L. Street and F. L. Ludwig, Principal Investigators
• "Perfluorocarbon Tracer Studies for Visualization/Verification of Vertical Transport and Mixing (VTMX) Processes" -- Russell N. Dietz, Principal Investigator
• "The Role of Internal Gravity Waves and Shear Instability" -- Gregory S. Poulos and Joseph Werne, Principal Investigators
• "Stable Boundary Layer Flow Interactions in Urban Basins" -- James E. Bossert , Principal Investigator
• "A Study of the Transitional Boundary Layer and Turbulence Decay" -- W. J. Shaw, Principal Investigator
• "A Study of Turbulence Kinetic Energy and Atmospheric Dispersion in the Stable Planetary Boundary Layer over Complex Terrain" -- Carmen J. Nappo, Principal Investigator
• "Towards an Improved Prediction of Vertical Exchange Processes in Urban Basins and Valleys" -- Jerome D. Fast and Shiyuan Zhong, Principal Investigators
• "Vertical Transport and Mixing in Complex-Terrain Airsheds" -- H.J.S. Fernando, J. Anderson, N. S. Berman, D. L. Boyer, and J.C.R. Hunt, Principal Investigators
• "Vertical Transport Mechanisms in Evolving Urban Basin Cold Pools" -- C. David Whiteman and Shiyuan (Sharon) Zhong, Principal Investigators
• "Very High Resolution Lidar Observations of the Nocturnal Atmosphere for Improved Stable Boundary Layer Parameterizations" -- Daniel I. Cooper and C.Y. Jim Kao, Principal Investigators

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