An analytical model for crosswind integrated concentrations released from a continuous source in a finite atmospheric boundary layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2268-2277

  Sharan, Maithili ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Crosswind integrated concentration; Finite atmospheric boundary layer; Pollutant dispersion; Sturm Liouville eigen value problem; Variable eddy diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CROSSWIND INTEGRATED CONCENTRATION; FINITE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; STURM-LIOUVILLE EIGEN VALUE PROBLEM; VARIABLE EDDY DIFFUSIVITY;

ADVECTION; AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTS; TRANSMITTERS; TROPOSPHERE;

WIND EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ADVECTION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 63149148152     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.035     Document Type: Article

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