Urban air pollution modelling and measurements of boundary layer height

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4040-4049

  Davies, F ^a   Middleton, D R ^b   Bozier, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality forecasting; Dispersion models; Doppler lidar; Mixing height; Urban boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR;

AIR-QUALITY FORECASTING; DISPERSION MODELS; DOPPLER LIDAR; MIXING HEIGHT; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; DOPPLER LIDAR; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; DISPERSION; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34248151038     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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