Evaluation of a long-range Lagrangian dispersion model with ETEX

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4343-4349

  Yamazawa, Hiromi ^a   Furuno, Akiko ^a   Chino, Masamichi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Diffusion parameter; Emergency response; Plume growth; Tracer experiment

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

LAGRANGIAN DISPERSION MODEL; PLUME GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EUROPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032404050     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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