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Plume Dispersion

Table 2
Surface Characteristics of Meteorological Sites
Used in AERMET

Station

Surface Albedo

Surface Roughness (meters)

Bowen Ratio

Anaheim

0.17

0.526

1.0

Azusa

0.19

0.421

1.0

Banning Airport

0.22

0.157

1.5

Burbank

0.19

0.626

1.0

Central LA

0.18

0.645

1.0

Costa Mesa

0.18

0.403

1.0

Crestline

0.17

0.412

1.0

Fontana

0.19

0.273

1.0

Indio

0.19

0.235

1.5

La Habra

0.18

0.576

1.0

Lake Elsinore

0.20

0.265

1.0

LAX

0.16

0.256

1.0

Long Beach

0.18

0.596

1.0

Lynnwood

0.18

0.506

1.0

Mission Viejo

0.18

0.350

1.0

Palm Springs

0.22

0.509

1.5

Perris

0.20

0.216

1.0

Pico Rivera

0.18

0.396

1.0

Pomona

0.18

0.554

1.0

Redlands

0.20

0.408

1.0

Reseda

0.18

0.611

1.0

Riverside

0.19

0.387

1.0

San Bernardino

0.18

0.357

1.0

Santa Clarita

0.21

0.291

1.0

Upland

0.18

0.397

1.0

West LA

0.18

0.451

1.0

Note:   The Bowen ratio obtained using AERSURFACE was overridden with standard values of 1.0 or 1.5. Please refer to “The Development of AERMOD-Ready Meteorological Data for the South Coast Air Basin and the Coachella Valley, Volume I”.