User-oriented two-dimensional measure of effectiveness for the evaluation of transport and dispersion models

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-73

  Warner, Steve ^a   Platt, Nathan ^a   Heagy, James F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISPERSION (WAVES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOXICITY;

DISPERSION MODEL; DOSAGE THRESHOLD;

METEOROLOGY;

DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 1342310498     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0058:UTMOEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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