Flow and dispersion over topography: A comparison between numerical and laboratory data for two-dimensional flows

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 839-850

  Castro, Ian P ^a   Apsley, David D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Flow over hills; Modified model; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LABORATORY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DISPERSION; FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; FLOW OVER HILLS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030617212     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00248-8     Document Type: Article

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