An alternative numerical approach to solve the langevin equation applied to air pollution dispersion

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 103-118

  Carvalho, Jonas C ^a   De Vilhena, Marco Tú M B ^b   Moreira, Davidson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Lagrangian particle model; Langevin equation; Model evaluation; Picard's iteration method; Probability density function

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FIRST-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LANGEVIN EQUATION; LANGEVIN MODELS; TURBULENT VELOCITY;

HEAVY IONS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 20544462609     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-8137-3     Document Type: Article

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