Vertical tracer concentration profiles measured during the Joint Urban 2003 dispersion study

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2019-2037

  Flaherty, Julia E ^a,b   Lamb, Brian ^a   Allwine, K Jerry ^b   Allwine, Eugene ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLOW VELOCITY; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR STRESS; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND;

BRIGGS'S URBAN EQUATION; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; WIND DIRECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 38849163612     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006JAMC1305.1     Document Type: Article

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