Evaluation of the Industrial Source Complex Short-Term Model: Dispersion over Terrain

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 396-408

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA ACQUISITION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMAL PLUMES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR DISCHARGE; PLUME DISPERSION; WIND FLOW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODEL; OMAN; PERFORMANCE; PLUME DISPERSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIND;

EID: 1842831242     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2004.10470911     Document Type: Article

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