An analysis of the asymptotic behavior of cross-wind-integrated ground-level concentrations using lagrangian stochastic simulation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1467-1476

  Venkatram, Akula ^a   Du, Shuming ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behavior; Dispersion; Ground level concentration; Lagrangian stochastic modeling; Prairie grass; Surface layer

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WIND;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CROSS WIND INTEGRATED CONCENTRATIONS (CWIC); LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERE; SIMULATION; SURFACE LAYERS; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CROSSWIND; LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC MODEL; PROJECT PRAIRIE GRASS; SURFACE FLOW; WIND;

EID: 0030946811     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00315-9     Document Type: Article

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