A switching poisson process model for high concentrations in short-range atmospheric dispersion

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 813-824

  Anderson, C W ^a   Mole, N ^a   Nadarajah, S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Extreme values; Generalized Pareto distribution; Point process modelling; Switching poisson process; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THERMAL PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSIONS; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; SWITCHING POISSON PROCESS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PLUME; POISSON PROCESSES; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030617208     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00254-3     Document Type: Article

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