Technical note: The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 6.2

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2461-2474

  Stohl, A ^a   Forster, C ^a   Frank, A ^b   Seibert, P ^b   Wotawa, G ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c International Data Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

EID: 26944474820     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-2461-2005     Document Type: Article

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