An iterative Langevin solution for contaminant dispersion simulation using the Gram-Charlier PDF

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Carvalho, Jonas C ^a   Nichimura, Ézio R ^a   De Vilhena, Marco Túllio M B ^b   Moreira, Davidson M ^a   Degrazia, Gervásio A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gram Charlier PDF; Lagrangian particle model; Langevin equation; Model evaluation; Picard iterative method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; IMPURITIES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE;

INTEGRATING FACTOR; LANGEVIN EQUATIONS; POLLUTION DISPERSION; TURBULENT VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRACER;

EID: 5644261603     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(04)00142-2     Document Type: Article

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