Modeling dispersion from toxic gas released after a train collision in Graniteville, SC

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-278

  Buckley, Robert L ^a   Hunter, Charles H ^a   Addis, Robert P ^a   Parker, Matthew J ^a  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

TOXIC GASES; TRAIN COLLISIONS; WEATHER BRIEFINGS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHLORINE; TOXIC GAS;

AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; ACCIDENT; AIR POLLUTANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISASTER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WIND;

ACCIDENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAILROADS; SOUTH CAROLINA; WIND;

EID: 34247215731     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2007.10465329     Document Type: Article

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