An integrated turbulence scheme for boundary layers with shallow cumulus applied to pollutant transport

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1436-1452

  Angevine, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CUMULUS CLOUDS; EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; ENTRAINING PLUME MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 27744572992     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2284.1     Document Type: Article

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