J. C. Bugher -2- December 1, 1952 The Laboratory has proposed that before the above action is taken, the Commission review the need for further work in this field taking the following points into consideration. 1. General and specific problems in meteorology and micro- meteorology, of fundamental and immediate practical importance, remaining to be solved. 2. The Brookhaven tower installation and associated equipment is probably the best of its kind available. The area surrounding it is flat and uncomplicated so that results obtained here may be expected to be representative of large segments of the country and the world. Knowledge of the general regional meteorology and the several years of local work would make time-consuming preliminaries to future research unnecessary. 3. A competent, and experienced staff, thoroughly familiar with the installation, is available, h. The cost of this program to the Commission is insignificant 5» On the basis of the existence of the Brookhaven project, to the possible benefit to be derived if the study of the fundamentals of meteorology is of val ue to the Commission. fundamental work which has been proposed at other Commission sites has been turned down. Certainly there should be a Single Commission sponsored facility wherein problems involving the fundamentals of the reduction of atmospheric pollution can be investigated, The AEC has a variety of important meteorological problems such as the cispersion of stack and other radioactive effluents and fallout phenomena affecting bomb testing, military applications and civil defense which require further development. It is also known that research utilizing the Brookhaven facilities would be of great interest to other agencies and organizations and that funds and personnel for such work could undoubtedly be made available if acceptable, In consideration of the above need for additional meteorological information, with emphasis on field investigations of atmospheric turbulence with particular reference to dispersion problems, it is visualized that a cooperative program containing the following elements could be advantageously pursued at Brookhaven. DO*% ARCHIVES