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Sean Moran

Hometown: Cheyenne, Wy

Undergraduate: Gonzaga University

Program: MS (Graduated May 2012)

Current Position: Engineer - TD Williamson

Research Interests: Environmental Fluid Dynamics (experimental and computational) with a focus on momentum transport, particle (PM₁₀ and PM_2.5) transport and deposition, atmospheric turbulence, turbulent mixing and deposition of scalars with variable atmospheric stability, wind tunnel and field testing of turbulence within vegetative canopies (porous medium), grid-generated isotropic turbulence, sonic anemometry, and hot-wire anemometry. Additional research interests include Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and Large-Eddy Simulation (LES).

Publications:
S.M. Moran, E.R. Pardyjak, J.M. Veranth, "The Role of Turbulence in Enhancing Deposition", (2012) Phys. Fluids, (publication under review)
S.M. Moran, E.R. Pardyjak, J.M. Veranth "Developing strategies for fugitive dust mitigation and transport flux using native vegetative windbreaks for dust control,” Paper #16, Air and Waste Management 104th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, June 21, 2011.

Contact: sean.moran@utah.edu

ME 7710 - Environmental Fluid Dynamics

Spring 2013

Class Information

Instructor: Eric Pardyjak
Lecture Time/Location: T,Th 10:45 pm - 12:05 pm WEB L114
Office hours: 1:00pm - 2:00pm T Th - Room 404B CME
Phone: 585-6414
email: pardyjak@eng.utah.edu
Text: Micrometeorology, T. Foken, 2008, Springer or An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology, R.B. Stull, 1988, Kluwer Academic Publishers

Class Syllabus

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Click here for data and information on the Urban Surface Energy Balance project

Week	Class	Date	Day	Topic	Reading Due	Handout	Homework Due
1	1	1/08	T	Introduction	None	Introduction	None
1	2	1/10	Th	Introduction to Surface Energy Balances	Ch. 1 Stull, Ch. 1 Foken, Ch. 1 Arya
2	3	1/15	T	Surface Energy Balances - Radiation	Ch.1 Sorbjan , Ch. 2/3 Araya
2	4	1/17	Th	Simple Radiation Modeling		Lecture Slides
3	5	1/22	T	Gound Heat Flux and Storage	Urban Heat Storage Paper	Soil Heat Transfer Slides	HW 1
3	6	1/24	Th	Atmospheric Thermodynamics Review	LUMPS Paper, Section 2.5 Sorbjan, Stull App. D	Pot. Temp handout
4	7	1/29	T	Moist Unsaturated Atmosphere/Static Stability	Stull 5.5, Foken 2
4	8	1/31	Th	Cons. of Mass/Momentum Rotating Coord sys	Momentum Deriv. handout		HW 2
5	9	2/5	T	Scale Analysis Momentum	Conservation of Energy handout		HW 3-5 (MP)
5	10	2/7	Th	Geostrophic Flow
6	11	2/12	T	The Eckman Layer	Stull 6.4.6		HW 3-5
6	12	2/14	Th	Taylor-Proudman Theorem	Kundu Ch. 14
7	13	2/19	T	Mech. Energy
7	14	2/21	Th	Thermal Energy	Conservation of Energy handout
8	15	2/26	T	Introduction to Turbulence	Ch.2 Stull; Ch.2 Foken
8	16	2/28	Th	Introduction to Turbulence	Ch.2 Stull; Ch.2 Foken
9	17	3/5	T	Turbulent Equations of Motion	Ch. 3 Stull; Ch.2 Foken
9	18	3/7	Th	Turbulent Kinetic Energy	Ch. 4 Stull,Monin-Obhukov 1954 paper		HW 6a HW 6b
10	19	3/12	T	Spring Break
10	22	3/14	Th	Spring Break
11	19	3/19	T	Similarity - smooth and rough wall boundary layers
11	20	3/21	Th	Similarity - Thermally Stratified Surface Layer
12	23	3/26	T
12	24	3/28	Th	In Class Midterm - take Midterm home
13	25	4/2	T	Return Midterm - Introduction to Spectral Analysis
13	26	4/5	Th	Spectra in the Atmospheric Surface Layer
14	27	4/9	T	Advanced Time Series Analysis	MOST 1954 paper
14	28	4/11	Th	Introduction to Atmospheric Dispersion
15	29	4/16	T	Deposition
16	--	4/18	Th	Final Oral Presentations		Oral Presentations
16	--	4/24	T	Final Written Project Due		Final Project

Data Sets for Different Projects:

Tethered Balloon Data Set for homework 2
Dugway Solar Radiation Data
BLLAST IOP 5 Radiation Data - These data were acquired above a European Larch forest on June 25, 2011. The location was 43°06'32.9" N, 0°21'32.1" E. For more information on the Boundary Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST) program, click here.