Nocturnal wind structure over land and dispersion of pollutants: An analytical study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-115

  Singh, M P ^a   McNider, Richard T ^a   Meyers, Ron ^b   Gupta, Shekhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nocturnal; Plume dispersion; Wind profile

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; MODEL; NIGHT; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR POLLUTANT DISPERSION; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODEL (MSNM); SURFACE HEAT FLUX REVERSAL; WIND STRUCTURE;

THERMAL PLUMES;

DISPERSION; PLUMES; POLLUTANTS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; BOUNDARY LAYER; PLUME; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0030617275     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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