Some field experiments on the interaction of plumes from two sources

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 565, 2000, Pages 1343-1366

  Davies, B M ^a   Jones, C D ^b   Manning, A J ^a   Thomson, D J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Chemical and Biological Defence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Concentration fluctuations; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CONCENTRATION; DISPERSION; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 0034121061     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656508     Document Type: Article

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