Impact of an industrial complex on the ambient air quality: Case study using a dispersion model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 5395-5407

  Rama Krishna, T V B P S ^a   Reddy, M K ^a   Reddy, R C ^a   Singh, R N ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality; Industrial sources; Model evaluation; Observed concentrations; Spatial distribution; Statistical errors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX SHORT TERM (ISCST-3); METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL-PREDICTED CONCENTRATIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ERROR; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HYDERABAD; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23944468588     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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