On the behaviour of air pollutants released from elevated stacks in the vicinity of Athens, Greece

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 134-147

  Kassomenos, P ^a   Lykoudis, S ^a   Petrakis, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air quality; Athens; Mesoscale transport; Plume behaviour

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THERMAL PLUMES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SMOKE STACKS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0031368354     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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