Simulation of the dispersion of pollutants using two approaches for the case of a low source in the SBL: Evaluation of turbulence parameterisations

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 285-297

  Moreira, D M ^a   Carvalho, J C ^a   Goulart, A G ^b   Tirabassi, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air polluion modelling; Eulerian model; Lagrangian model; Stable boundary layer; Turbulent parameterisation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER (PBL); STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER (SBL); TURBULENCE PARAMETERIZATION;

IMPURITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 18844380417     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-4287-6     Document Type: Article

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