Ensemble dispersion forecasting - Part I: Concept, approach and indicators

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 28, 2004, Pages 4607-4617

  Galmarini, S ^a   Bianconi, R ^b   Klug, W ^c   Mikkelsen, T ^d   Addis, R ^e   Andronopoulos, S ^f   Astrup, P ^d   Baklanov, A ^g   Bartniki, J ^f   Bartzis, J C ^h   Bellasio, R ^b   Bompay, F ⁱ   Buckley, R ^e   Bouzom, M ⁱ   Champion, H ^m   D'Amours, R ⁿ   Davakis, E ^f   Eleveld, H ^j   Geertsema, G T ^k   Glaab, H ^l   Kollax, M ^o   Ilvonen, M ^u   Manning, A ^m   Pechinger, U ^p   Persson, C ^o   Polreich, E ^p   Potemski, S ^q   Prodanova, M ^r   Saltbones, J ^h   Slaper, H ^j   Sofiev, M A ^t   Syrakov, D ^r   Sorensen J H ^g   Auwera, L Van Der ^s   Valkama, I ^t   Zelazny, R ^q   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Enviroware   (Italy)

^c Mittermayer Weg 49   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^g DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^h NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

ⁱ MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^k ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^l DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^m MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^o SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^p ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^q INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (Poland)

^r NMHI   (Bulgaria)

^s ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^t FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^u VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Long range transport and dispersion; Multi model ensemble dispersion forecast and analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; RADIOISOTOPES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DISPERSION MODELS; HARMFUL VOLATILE SUBSTANCES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

RADIOISOTOPE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEATHER;

EID: 3342943614     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.05.030     Document Type: Article

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