Simulation of the visual effects of power plant plumes

Evelyn F. Treiman; David B. Champion; Mona J. Wecksung; Glenn H. Moore; Andrew Ford; Michael D. Williams

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Simulation of the visual effects of power plant plumes

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Authors:

Evelyn F. Treiman, David B. Champion, Mona J. Wecksung, Glenn H. Moore, Andrew Ford, Michael D. Williams

Year:

1979

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Elsner, Gary H., and Richard C. Smardon, technical coordinators. 1979. Proceedings of our national landscape: a conference on applied techniques for analysis and management of the visual resource [Incline Village, Nev., April 23-25, 1979]. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-35. Berkeley, CA. Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Stn., Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: p. 485-490

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Abstract

The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory has developed a computer-assisted technique that can predict the visibility effects of potential energy sources in advance of their construction. This technique has been employed in an economic and environmental analysis comparing a single 3000 MW coal-fired power plant with six 500 MW coal-fired power plants located at hypothetical sites in southeastern Utah. As part of this analysis, area residents were asked to express their preferences for computer generated scenes depicting visibility degradation as well as indicate the importance of visibility vis-a-vis the other impacts examined.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of our national landscape: a conference on applied techniques for analysis and management of the visual resource [Incline Village, Nev., April 23-25, 1979]

Citation

Treiman, Evelyn F.; Champion, David B.; Wecksung, Mona J.; Moore, Glenn H.; Ford, Andrew; Williams, Michael D. 1979. Simulation of the visual effects of power plant plumes. In: Elsner, Gary H., and Richard C. Smardon, technical coordinators. 1979. Proceedings of our national landscape: a conference on applied techniques for analysis and management of the visual resource [Incline Village, Nev., April 23-25, 1979]. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-35. Berkeley, CA. Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Stn., Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: p. 485-490