Air quality modelling in a stable polar environment - Ross Island, Antarctica

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2899-2911

  Godfrey, J J ^a   Clarkson, T S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antarctic; Boundary layer; Meteorological modelling

Indexed keywords

OROGRAPHY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMAL PLUMES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; DISPERSION; POLAR REGION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BALLOON; BOUNDARY LAYER; DENSITY; FLIGHT; METEOROLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

ANTARCTICA;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0032171244     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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