Heterogeneous traffic induced effects on vertical dispersion parameter in the near field of roadways - A wind tunnel study

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-15

  Khare, M ^a   Chaudhry, K K ^a   Gowda, R M M ^a   Ahmad, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

EWT; Heterogeneous traffic; Line source; Vertical dispersion parameter

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; LANDFORMS;

HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFIC; LINE SOURCES; TERRAIN ROUGHNESS; TRACER EXPERIMENT; TRAFFIC PARAMETERS; VEHICLE MOVEMENTS; VERTICAL DISPERSION PARAMETERS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

WIND TUNNELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROAD; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0036245657     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015213928270     Document Type: Article

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