An examination of the Pasquill-Gifford-Turner dispersion scheme

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1283-1290

  Venkatram, Akula ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

PGT curves; Prairie grass experiment; Stability classification; Surface layer dispersion; Surface layer similarity theory; Vertical dispersion

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

AIR QUALITY MODEL; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX MODEL; PASQUILL-GIFFORD-TURNER DISPERSION; POLLUTION DISPERSION; PRAIRIE GRASS EXPERIMENT; SURFACE LAYER SIMILARITY THEORY;

EID: 0029668221     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00367-3     Document Type: Article

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