A smokestack of height H = 50 m emits a pollutant in a 3 m/s wind. The plume is carried downwind by advection (wind speed U = 3 m/s) and is simultaneously dispersing vertically with a turbulent diffusion coefficient D. The vertical diffusion causes the plume to widen vertically over time, with halfâwidth (distance from centerline to edge) increasing as: half width = 2 â2Dt

The plume reaches the ground some distance L downwind of the base of the smokestack (see sketch in book on page 203)

a. If L = 2 km, estimate the value of the turbulent diffusion coefficient D.
b. Under the same wind speed and turbulence conditions, what would be the value of L if the smokestack were twice as high?