Plume dispersion simulation in low wind conditions in stable and convective boundary layers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3643-3650

  Moreira, Davidson M ^a   Tirabassi, Tiziano ^b   Carvalho, Jonas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Down wind diffusion; Eulerian dispersion models; Laplace transform method; Low winds; Solution of advection diffusion equation; Turbulence parameterization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; IMPURITIES; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

ADEVCTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; PLUME DISPERSIONS; STEADY-STATE MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

THERMAL PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

ADVECTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

EID: 20444497210     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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