Comparison of atmospheric transport calculations over complex terrain using a mobile profiling system and rawinsondes

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 285-295

  Cox, Robert M ^a   Cogan, James ^d   Sontowski, John ^a   Dougherty, Catherine M ^a   Fry Jr , Richard N ^b   Smith, Thomas J ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Defense Group Incorporated   (United States)

^c DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; METEOROLOGY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND DISPERSIONS; COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; CONCENTRATION DATA; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; SECOND-ORDER CLOSURE INTEGRATED PUFFS; TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSIONS; WIND FIELD MODELING;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; PREDICTION; SEASONALITY; SULFUR; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0041114020     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482700001651     Document Type: Article

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