Lagrangian particle dispersion modeling of the fumigation process using large-eddy simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1932-1946

  Kim, Si Wan ^a   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a   Weil, Jeffrey C ^b   Barth, Mary C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMAL PLUMES;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT ZONE; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

FUMIGATION;

AEROSOL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

AEROSOL; METEOROLOGY;

EID: 23744468683     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3435.1     Document Type: Article

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