AERMOD: A Dispersion model for industrial source applications. Part II: Model performance against 17 field study databases

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 694-708

  Perry, Steven G ^a,b   Cimorelli, Alan J ^b   Paine, Robert J ^c   Brode, Roger W ^d   Weil, Jeffrey C ^e   Venkatram, Akula ^f   Wilson, Robert B ^b   Lee, Russell F ^g   Peters, Warren D ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ENSR International   (United States)

^d MACTEC Federal Programs Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g US Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICS;

CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA); WAKE EFFECTS;

DISPERSIONS;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION;

EID: 22744449161     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2228.1     Document Type: Article

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