A random walk model for dispersion in inhomogeneous turbulence in a convective boundary layer

Atmospheric Environment (1967)

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 1911-1924

  Luhar, Ashok K ^a   Britter, Rex E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atmospheric dispersion; convective boundary layer; inhomogeneous turbulence; Lagrangian stochastic modelling; Random walk modelling; skew probability distribution function

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DIFFUSION--MATHEMATICAL MODELS; FLOW OF FLUIDS--BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; RANDOM WALK MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; DISPERSION; INHOMOGENEOUS; RANDOM WALK MODEL; SKEW PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0024472513     PISSN: 00046981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(89)90516-7     Document Type: Article

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