Evaluation of a mesoscale atmospheric dispersion modeling system with observations from the 1980 Great Plains mesoscale tracer field experiment. Part I: Datasets and meteorological simulations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-307

  Moran, Michael D ^a,b   Pielke, Roger A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION MODELLING; GREAT PLAINS MESOSCALE TRACER FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATION; MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; NOCTURNAL LOW-LEVEL JET; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRACER GAS CLOUD;

EID: 0029769026     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0281:EOAMAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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