Metropolitan-scale transport and dispersion from the New York World Trade Center following September 11, 2001. Part I: An evaluation of the CALMET meteorological model

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1981-2003

  Gilliam, Robert C ^a,b,c   Childs, Peter P ^a   Huber, Alan H ^b,c   Raman, Sethu ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARPS; CALMET; CALPUFF; Dispersion modeling; MM5; Plumemodeling; Seabreeze

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEA BREEZE; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23144448542     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2701-z     Document Type: Article

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