Dispersion from ground-level sources in a shoreline urban area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1361-1372

  Yuan, Jing ^a   Venkatram, Akula ^a   Isakov, Vlad ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Dispersion model; Field experiment; Plume spread; Shear generated boundary layer; Shoreline dispersion; Thermal internal boundary layer; Tracer study; Urban dispersion; Wilmington

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; POWER PLANTS;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; SHEAR GENERATED BOUNDARY LAYER; SHORELINE DISPERSION; TRACER STUDY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; METEOROLOGY; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SHEAR FLOW; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WILMINGTON;

EID: 31044431607     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.10.024     Document Type: Article

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