A concentration PDF for the relative dispersion of a contaminant plume in the atmosphere

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-436

  Munro, R J ^a   Chatwin, P C ^a   Mole, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute dispersion; Concentration fluctuations; Lidar; Maximum entropy inversion; Probability density function; Relative dispersion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENTROPY; OPTICAL RADAR; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

THERMAL PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 0037364418     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021209622648     Document Type: Article

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