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Appendix I: URBAN 2000 Overview
Pages 91-93

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... Meteorological measurement and tracer sampling instruments were installed throughout Salt Lake City and operated for most of the month of October 2000. Instruments were sited to resolve scales of motion ranging from flows around individual buildings in downtown Salt Lake City to flows throughout the urban area.
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... : 10 portable meterological stations, 3 two-dimensional sonic anemometers (1 station included temperature) , 7 three-dimensional sonic anemometers, and 1 acoustic sodar; and · 1-6-lon scale: 6 wind stations, 2 acoustic sodars, 1 radar wind profiler, 54 temperature loggers, 1 Doppler lidar.
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  • sonic anemometers
  • lake city
  • temperature loggers
  • included temperature
  • downtown study

  • doppler lidar
  • located throughout
  • individual buildings
  • lake basin
  • incorporated deployed

  • llnl sonic
  • wind stations
  • acoustic sodars
  • northwest national
  • meteorological measurement

  • resolve scales
  • release location
  • threedimensional sonic
  • study building
  • tracer samples

  • mobile van
  • building scale
  • pft samplers
  • sampling arcs
  • gas chromatograph

  • operations period
  • noaa vans
  • samplers located
  • infrared spectrometer
  • temperature measurements


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