Comparison of the Langrangian footprint model LPDM-B with an analytical footprint model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 349-355

  Kljun, N ^a   Kormann, R ^b   Rotach, M W ^b   Meixer, F X ^b  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backward trajectories; Boundary layer stability; Lagrangian stochastic particle dispersion model; Planetary boundary layer; Source area; Surface layer

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); RANDOM PROCESSES;

STOCHASTIC DISPERSION MODELS;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0037316230     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021141223386     Document Type: Article

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