A density correction for Lagrangian particle dispersion models

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 155-167

  Stohl, Andreas ^a   Thomson, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density correction; Dispersion models; Lagrangian models; Particle models

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; DISPERSION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0032942319     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001741110696     Document Type: Article

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