A field study of diffusion around a model cube in a suburban area

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-410

  Oikawa, Susumu ^a   Meng, Yan ^a  

^a SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; SUBURBAN AREA;

EID: 0031402633     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000496929585     Document Type: Article

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