Mesoscale transport of atmospheric trace constituents across the central Alps: TRANSLAP tracer experiments

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1257-1272

  Ambrosetti, P ^a   Anfossi, D ^b   Cieslik, S ^c   Graziani, G ^c   Lamprecht, R ^d   Marzorati, A ^e   Nodop, K ^c   Sandroni, S ^c   Stingele, A ^c   Zimmermann, H ^f  

^a Swiss Met Inst   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d PSI Villigen   (Switzerland)

^e ENEL   (Italy)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tracer releases; Dispersion over complex terrain; Mesoscale flows over complex terrain

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; METEOROLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ALPINE TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISPERSION; FLOW; MOUNTAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISPERSION; FLOW; TRACE GAS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA BASE; METEOROLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032052640     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00185-4     Document Type: Article

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