Predictions of plume dispersion in complex terrain: Eulerian versus Lagrangian models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 947-958

  Nguyen, K C ^a   Noonan, J A ^a   Galbally, I E ^a   Physick, W L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Eulerian; Lagrangian; Modelling; Plume

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; EULERIAN MODEL; LAGRANGIAN ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODEL; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND;

THERMAL PLUMES;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISPERSION; MODELS; PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; EULERIAN MODEL; LAGRANGIAN MODEL; PLUME; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0030617324     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00292-0     Document Type: Article

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