Progress in urban dispersion studies

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 57-67

  Batchvarova, Ekaterina ^a   Gryning, Sven Erik ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; MODEL VALIDATION; PLUME; TURBULENCE; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 33644814973     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0144-1     Document Type: Article

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