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Background and Objectives; 2. Overview of Modeling Procedures, Including Rationale for Selecting Scenarios for Worked Examples; 2.1. Types of Scenarios and Models; 2.2. Gross Screening Analysis; 2.3. Scenarios Selected for Worked Examples; 3. Input Data Required; 3.1. Source Data; 3.2. Site Characteristics; 3.3. Meteorological Data and Formulas for Calculating Input Parameters; 3.4. Receptor-Related Data; 4. Source Emission Models; 4.1. Conceptual Process for Source Term Determination 327 $a4.2. Calculation of Source Terms4.2.1. Gas Jet Releases; 4.2.2. Liquid Jet Releases; 4.2.3. Two-Phase Jet Releases; 4.2.4. Liquid Pool Spreading; 4.2.5. Liquid Pool Evaporation; 4.2.6. Multicomponent Evaporation; 4.3. Uncertainties in Source Term Estimation; 5. Dispersion Models; 5.1. Critical Richardson Number Criterion; 5.2. Jet Trajectory and Entrainment; 5.2.1. Momentum-Dominated Jets; 5.2.2. Elevated Dense Gas Jets; 5.2.3. Positively Buoyant Plumes; 5.3. Dense Gas Release at Grade; 5.3.1. Background and Overview; 5.3.2. Dense Gas Clouds in the Absence of Heat Exchange 327 $a5.3.3. Dense Gas Clouds in the Presence of Heat Exchanges5.4. Transport and Dispersion of Neutrally Buoyant or Passive Gas Clouds; 5.5. Simple Nomograms for Calculating the Dilution of Dense Gas Release; 5.6. Three-Dimensional Numerical Models of Dense Gas Dispersion; 5.7. Transport and Dispersion Near Buildings; 5.7.1. Plume Confinement by Canyons; 5.7.2. Concentrations on Building Faces Due to Releases from Vents; 5.7.3. Concentrations on the Building Downwind Face (the Near-Wake) Due to Releases from Sources on the Building; 5.7.4. Other Effects of Buildings 327 $a5.8. Worst Case Meteorological Conditions5.9. Removal by Dry and Wet Deposition; 5.9.1. Gravitational Settling of Lorge Particles or Aerosols; 5.9.2. Dry Deposition of Small Particles and Gases; 5.9.3. Removal of Particles and Gases by Precipitation and Clouds (Wet Deposition); 6. Averaging Times, Concentration Fluctuations, and Modeling Uncertainties; 6.1. Overview of Physical Considerations Related to Averaging Time; 6.2. Overview of Characteristics of Concentration Fluctuations in Plumes 327 $a6.3. Predictions of Concentrations on the Plume Centerline at a Given Downwind Distance as a Function of Averaging Time, Ta6.4. Predictions of Concentrations at a Given Receptor Position as a Function of Averaging Time, Ta; 6.5. Threshold Crossing Probability; 6.6. A General Structure for the Analysis of Model Uncertainties; 7. Overview of Operational Vapor Cloud Models in Common Use; 7.1. Summary of Commonly Used Models; 7.2. Characteristics of Commonly Used Vapor Cloud Dispersion Models; 8. Evaluation of Models with Field Data; 8.1. Description of Field Data Sets 327 $a8.2. Model Evaluation Procedures 330 $aThe second edition of this essential reference updates and combines two earlier titles to capture the many technological advances for predicting the ""footprint"" of a vapor cloud release. 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