Parallel computation of atmospheric pollutant dispersion under unstably stratified atmosphere

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 677-696

  Liu, C H ^a   Leung, D Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Parallel computation; Pollutant dispersion; Second order closure model; Unstably stratified atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

GAUSSIAN MODEL; K THEORY; SECOND ORDER CLOSURE MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERE; DISPERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STRATIFIED FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; UNSTABLY STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0032029205     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19980330)26:6<677::AID-FLD674>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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