Thermal valley inversion impact on the dispersion of a passive pollutant in a complex mountainous area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 3953-3959

  Anquetin, Sandrine ^a   Guilbaud, Claude ^b   Chollet, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Diurnal cycle; Large eddy simulation; Passive tracer; Valley inversion

Indexed keywords

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTANT TRAPPING; THERMAL VALLEY INVERSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION;

DIURNAL VARIATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VALLEY;

AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SIMULATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WIND; WINTER;

EID: 0033039621     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00137-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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