Comparison between Eulerian and Lagrangian semi-analytical models to simulate the pollutant dispersion in the PBL

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-129

  Carvalho, Jonas C ^a   Vilhena, Marco T ^b   Moreira, Davidson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eulerian model; Lagrangian model; Laplace transform technique; Model comparison; Model evaluation; Picard's Iterative Method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EULERIAN MODEL; LAGRANGIAN MODEL; POLLUTANT DISPERSION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33750098555     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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