Innovative Approach for Estimating Fugitive Gaseous Fluxes Using Computed Tomography and Remote Optical Sensing Techniques

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 966-972

  Hashmonay, Ram A ^a   Yost, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAS WASTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032831761     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1999.10463862     Document Type: Article

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