Some aspects of atmospheric dispersion in the stratified atmospheric boundary layer over homogeneous terrain

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 479-494

  Gryning, Sven Erik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Dispersion modelling; Monin Obukhov similarity; Tracer experiments; Vertical concentration profile; Very stable conditions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; MODELING; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY;

EID: 0032880765     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001717432193     Document Type: Article

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