Estimating concentrations in plumes released in the vicinity of buildings: Model development

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1663-1677

  Ramsdell Jr , J V ^a   Fosmire, C J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Atmospheric turbulence; Building wakes; Dispersion parameters; Experimental data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES; WAKES; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION;

BUILDING; DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT TRANSPORT; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; BUILDING; PLUME;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BUILDING; PLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 0032076518     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00450-0     Document Type: Article

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