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eproduce <strong>the</strong> northwest to sou<strong>the</strong>ast diagonal orientation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> observed tracer cloud. The<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r four LRT dispersion models do a much better job in reproducing <strong>the</strong> observed tracer<br />

cloud spatial distribution. SCIPUFF tends to overestimate <strong>the</strong> tracer cloud extent <strong>and</strong> surface<br />

concentrations. FLEXPART, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, underestimates <strong>the</strong> observed tracer cloud<br />

spatial extent <strong>and</strong> CAMx <strong>and</strong> HYSPLIT do <strong>the</strong> best job overall in reproducing <strong>the</strong> spatial extent<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> observed tracer cloud.<br />

Figure ES‐7. Comparison <strong>of</strong> spatial distribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ETEX tracer concentrations 36 hours<br />

after release for <strong>the</strong> observed (top left), <strong>CALPUFF</strong> (top right), SCIPUFF (middle left), FLEXPART<br />

(middle right), HYSPLIT (bottom left) <strong>and</strong> CAMx (bottom right).<br />

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