A parameterization of vertical dispersion of ground-level releases

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1004-1015

  Du, Shuming ^a   Venkatram, Akula ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

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BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0031398580     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1004:APOVDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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