SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 2005
STP11980S

Predicted Deposition Variability Due to Fluctuations in Release Height and Drop Size Distribution

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An extensive field study has been undertaken to quantify the aerial release of spray material through the changes in meteorology as the day progresses. An important subset of these collected data is one-second interval data of the aircraft behavior and the mechanical release systems. These unique data provide an excellent source of information on bounding the variability in the expected deposition patterns, and how this variability might impact any error bounds established around the time-averaged predictions generated by the AGDISP model. This paper quantifies the variability in aerial application parameters and makes suggestions with regard to possible implications of this variability on the variability of deposition predictions in the flight line direction.

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Teske, ME
Continuum Dynamics, Inc., Ewing, NJ
Thistle, HW
USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV
Reardon, RC
USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV
Cormier, G
Forest Protection Limited, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Amirault, P
Forest Protection Limited, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Davies, DC
Forest Protection Limited, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Cameron, RS
International Paper, Savannah, GA
Dorr, G
University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
Hewitt, AJ
University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
Brown, JR
ERMD/Mosquito Control Division, Jacksonville, FL
LeClerc, MY
Laboratory for Environmental Physics, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA
Karipot, A
Laboratory for Environmental Physics, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA
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Developed by Committee: E35
Pages: 79–89
DOI: 10.1520/STP11980S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5504-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-3485-0