Selection of an appropriate model to predict plume dispersion in coastal areas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 6095-6101

  Park, Ok Hyun ^a   Seok, Min Gwang ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion model; Coastal area; Fuzzy inference; Model selection; Statistical measures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUMIGATION; FUZZY INFERENCE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMAL PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODEL; COASTAL AREA; MODEL SELECTION; STATISTICAL MEASURES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

SULFIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSION; FUMIGATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FRACTIONAL BIAS; FUMIGATION MODEL; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOMETRIC BIAS MEAN; GEOMETRIC BIAS VARIANCE; INDEX OF AGREEMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMALIZED MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PLUME DISPERSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNPAIRED ACCURACY OF THE PEAK CONCENTRATION; WITHIN A FACTOR OF TWO;

EID: 34547950124     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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