Comparisons of transport and dispersion model predictions of the URBAN 2000 field experiment

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 829-846

  Warner, Steve ^a   Platt, Nathan ^a   Heagy, James F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS (MOE); NONPARAMETRIC HYPOTHESIS; URBAN TRACER;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; SULFUR EMISSION; TRACER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 3543147200     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0829:COTADM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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