Simulation of tracer dispersion from elevated and surface releases in complex terrain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2337-2348

  Hernandez J F ^a   Cremades, L ^a   Baldasano, J M ^a  

^a Inst Tecn y Modelizacion Ambiental   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality model evaluation; Complex terrain; Drainage flows; Lagrangian particle models; Random walk modeling; Surface and elevated source dispersion

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALCULATION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

AIR QUALITY; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AIR QUALITY MODEL EVALUATION; AIR STAGNATION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DRAINAGE FLOW; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; RANDOM WALK MODELING; TRACER DISPERSION;

AIR POLLUTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISPERSION; SIMULATION; TRACERS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISPERSION; LADISMO; LAGRANGIAN MODEL; TOPOGAPHY;

SPAIN, CARRION RIVER;

EID: 0030616257     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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