Simulating sulfur dioxide plume dispersion and subsequent deposition downwind from a stationary point source: A model

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 363-380

  Bourque, C P A ^a   Arp, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION MODEL; PLUME DISPERSION; SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, GRAND LAKE;

DEPOSITION; DISPERSION MODELLING; PLUMES; SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0029656416     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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