Vertical, lateral and longitudinal eddy diffusivities for a decaying turbulence in the convective boundary layer

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 516-522

  Goulart, Antonio G ^a   Vilhena, Marco T ^b   Degrazia, Gervásio A ^c   Flores, Denise T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Convective decaying turbulence; Dispersion model; Eddy diffusivity; Energy density spectrum

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION CONTROL; TAYLOR SERIES;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER (CBL); CONVECTIVE DECAYING TURBULENCE; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL ENERGY DENSITY SPECTRUM; TURBULENT FIELD;

INDUCTION HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSIVITY; DISPERSION; MODELING; POLLUTANT; SPECTRUM;

EID: 34247535881     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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