A baseline urban dispersion model evaluated with Salt Lake City and Los Angeles tracer data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 5069-5082

  Hanna, Steven R ^a   Britter, Rex ^b   Franzese, Pasquale ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution modeling; Turbulence and dispersion; Urban dispersion; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WIND;

TRACER CHEMICALS;

AIR POLLUTION;

TRACER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MODEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLUME DISPERSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WIND;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0142042519     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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