Dispersion of perfluorocarbon tracers within the Salt Lake valley during VTMX 2000

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 793-812

  Fast, Jerome D ^a   Allwine, K Jerry ^a   Dietz, Russell N ^b   Clawson, Kirk L ^c   Torcolini, Joel C ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WEATHERING;

METEOROLOGICAL FIELD CAMPAIGN MEASUREMENTS; PERFLUOROCARBON TRACERS; TURBULENT VERTICAL MIXING;

METEOROLOGY;

METEOROLOGY; MODELING; TRACER; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING;

NORTH AMERICA; SALT LAKE VALLEY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33745861030     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2371.1     Document Type: Article

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