Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
downwind
English answer:
in the direction the wind is blowing
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Nasima Sarwar
Dec 18, 2004 14:30
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what does 'down wind' refer to in the the folowing context:
Small Spills: Isolate 300 feet in all directions, protect persons down wind 0.2 miles during day and 0.8 miles at night
Thanks in advance.
Small Spills: Isolate 300 feet in all directions, protect persons down wind 0.2 miles during day and 0.8 miles at night
Thanks in advance.
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Melanie Nassar
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in the direction the wind is blowing
in case of a chemical spill, etc., the people downwind are the ones who are in the direction the wind will blow the poison.
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Edith Kelly
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downwind / in wind direction
i.e. if the wind blows from the East, then in Western direction
see also
see also
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airmailrpl
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English term (edited):
downwind
precise definition of area ( people must be protected)
D2PC
A dispersion model developed by the Army to estimate downwind hazard distances from releases of chemical agents.
Source: Department of the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Planning Guidance for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. DA and FEMA, 1994.
A dispersion model developed by the Army to estimate downwind hazard distances from releases of chemical agents.
Source: Department of the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Planning Guidance for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. DA and FEMA, 1994.
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