Comparative evaluation of an Eulerian CFD and Gaussian plume models based on Prairie Grass dispersion experiment

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 888-900

  Demeal, Emmanuel ^a   Carissimo, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CFD CODES; CFD MODELS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DATA FIELDS; DATA SETS; EULERIAN; EULERIAN CODES; GAUSSIAN MODELS; GAUSSIAN PLUME MODELS; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; PLUME MODELS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; PRAIRIE GRASSES; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; STATISTICAL PERFORMANCES; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES;

TRELLIS CODES;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA SET; DISPERSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 57649148917     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1375.1     Document Type: Article

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