Validation of the Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART against large-scale tracer experiment data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4245-4264

  Stohl, A ^a,b   Hittenberger, M ^b   Wotawa, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

ANATEX; CAPTEX; ETEX; Lagrangian particle dispersion model; Tracer; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STATISTICAL METHODS;

LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032404017     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00184-8     Document Type: Article

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