MTBE concentration profiles near MTBE manufacturing plant: Modeling approach and modeling uncertainty

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1322-1328

  Chang, Ken Hui ^a   Chen, Chien Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Meteorological parameter; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MANUFACTURE; METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX SHORT TERMS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; MTBE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 65549116580     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.061     Document Type: Article

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