A computationally efficient particle-puff model for concentration variance from steady releases

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  Liu, Ling ^a   Du, Shuming ^b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Earth Tech Incorporated   (United States)

^c Planning and Technical Support Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational efficiency; Concentration fluctuations; Lagrangian stochastic particle model; Particle puff model; Turbulent diffusion; Two particle model

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIND TUNNELS;

PARTICLE-PUFF MODELS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DIFFUSION; METEOROLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0037235434     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(02)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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