Experimental investigation of the residence of contaminants in the wake of an obstacle under different stability conditions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 939-949

  Mavroidis, I ^a   Griffiths, R F ^a   Jones, C D ^b   Biltoft, C A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Meteorology Division (MT M)   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Building; Concentration decay; Detrainment; Entrainment; Residence time

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSIONS;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISPERSIONS; IMPURITIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

PROPYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BUILDING; GAS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033103035     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00219-2     Document Type: Article

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