A comparison of the detailed structure in dispersing tracer plumes measured in grid-generated turbulence with a meandering plume model incorporating internal fluctuations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-296

  Yee, Eugene ^a   Wilson, David J ^b  

^a Box 4000 Station Main   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration fluctuations; Fluctuating plume model; Grid turbulence; Plume dispersion; Water channel simulation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; PLUME; TRACER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034072037     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002457317568     Document Type: Article

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