Pollution transport by convective clouds in a mesoscale model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 543, 1997, Pages 1805-1828

  Gimson, N R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cumulus parametrization; Numerical modelling; Pollutant dispersion

Indexed keywords

CUMULUS CONVECTION; POLLUTANT DISPERSION;

EID: 0031399330     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54301     Document Type: Article

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