Investigation of air pollution distribution in Linz: Case studies to evaluate a K-type diffusion model coupled with a mass-consistent wind model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 4067-4080

  Prabha, Thara V ^a   Mursch Radlgruber, Erich ^a  

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

Author keywords

Eulerian model; Mass consistent model; Pre frontal situation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

EULERIAN MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DIFFUSION; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DIFFUSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AUSTRIA; BOUNDARY LAYER; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FORECASTING; MODEL; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; WIND;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0032599872     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00148-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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