A simple model for the dispersion of pollutants from a road tunnel portal

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2943-2953

  Oettl, Dietmar ^a   Sturm, Peter Johann ^a   Bacher, Michael ^a   Pretterhofer, Gerhard ^a   Almbauer, Raimund Alfons ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air quality; Jet stream; Lagrangian model; Road traffic; Tunnel portal

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUOYANCY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; IMPURITIES;

ROADWAY TUNNEL PORTAL;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; JET STREAM; MODEL; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TUNNEL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DISPERSION; ENERGY; MASS; MODEL; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY; WIND;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0036017559     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00254-6     Document Type: Article

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