Assimilating concentration observations for transport and dispersion modeling in a meandering wind field

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1329-1338

  Haupt, Sue Ellen ^a   Beyer Lout, Anke ^a   Long, Kerrie J ^a   Young, George S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Dispersion modeling; Gaussian plume; Gaussian puff; Genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; COMPUTATIONAL TIMES; CONCENTRATION DATUMS; COUPLED SETS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DISPERSION MODELING; DISPERSION MODELS; EULERIAN FIELDS; FORECAST MODELS; GAUSSIAN DISPERSIONS; GAUSSIAN PLUME; GAUSSIAN PUFF; INDIRECT METHODS; LAGRANGIAN; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; VARIATIONAL APPROACHES; VARIATIONAL METHODS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FIELDS;

DISPERSION (WAVES); FEATURE EXTRACTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; TRELLIS CODES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DISPERSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING;

EID: 58249136055     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.11.043     Document Type: Article

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