The characteristics of the Chicago lake breeze and its effects on trace particle transport: Results from an episodic event simulation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1637-1654

  Harris, Lucas ^a,b   Rao Kotamarthi, V ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; WIND;

EPISODIC EVENT SIMULATION; LAKE BREEZE CIRCULATION; TRACE PARTICLE TRANSPORT;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DISPERSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WIND; TRAJECTORY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344469041     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2301.1     Document Type: Article

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