An analytical approach to shear dispersion and tracer age

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-415

  Smith, Ronald B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Diffusion; Dispersion; Pollution; Shear; Tracer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FICKIAN ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; SHEAR DISPERSION; SURFACE DEPOSITION; TRACER AGE;

SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SHEAR FLOW; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; TRACER;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 32044438452     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-1446-7     Document Type: Article

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