A field experiment on turbulent concentration fluctuations of an atmospheric tracer gas in the vicinity of a complex-shaped building

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 4999-5012

  Santos, J M ^a   Griffiths, R F ^b   Roberts, I D ^c   Reis Jr , N C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building effects; Concentration fluctuation; Field experiments; Stability conditions

Indexed keywords

GAS DETECTORS; IMPURITIES; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION;

BUILDING EFFECTS; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; STABILITY CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

BUILDING; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; DISPERSION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION;

EID: 23644456180     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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