Simulation of diffusion experiments under light wind, stable conditions by a variable K-theory model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3481-3492

  Sharan, Maithili ^a   Yadav, Anil Kumar ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Analytical model; Low wind dispersion; Variable diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; LOW WIND DISPERSION;

AIR POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; PLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; UNITED STATES; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344589375     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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