Large-eddy simulation of air pollution dispersion in the nocturnal cloud-topped atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-157

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a   Uliasz, Marek ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution dispersion; Cloud generated convection; Cloud topped boundary layer; Large eddy simulations; Nocturnal boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0032734126     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001847031779     Document Type: Article

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