Comparisons between FLUENT and ADMS for atmospheric dispersion modelling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1029-1038

  Riddle, Andrew ^a   Carruthers, David ^b   Sharpe, Alan ^a   McHugh, Christine ^b   Stocker, Jennifer ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric stability; CFD; Dispersion; Lagrangian particle tracking; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; THERMAL PLUMES;

TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY (TKM);

GASES;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; ENERGY; GAS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0346639255     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.10.052     Document Type: Article

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