Urban dispersion - Challenges for fast response modeling

5th Symposium on the Urban Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 767-779

  Brown, Michael J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE RELEASE; CONTAMINANT PLUMES; PLUME DISPERSION; URBAN DISPERSION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; THERMAL PLUMES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; URBAN PLANNING; WIND;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 22144447509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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