Evaluation of SAFE-AIR code against air pollution field and laboratory experiments

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 4805-4818

  Canepa, E ^a   Modesti, F ^a   Ratto, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Model evaluation; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE SAFE_AIR;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 0034258065     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00251-X     Document Type: Article

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