Algorithms and analytical solutions for rapidly approximating long-term dispersion from line and area sources

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3249-3258

  Barrett, Steven R H ^a   Britter, Rex E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area sources; Dispersion modelling; Line sources; Long term average concentrations

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ACCURACIES; ADDITIONAL COMPUTATION TIME; AIR QUALITY MODELLING; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AREA SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DISPERSION MODELLING; DISPERSION MODELS; DISPERSION PROCESS; GAUSSIAN; GROUND LEVELS; HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; INTERNATIONAL POLICIES; LEVEL OF DETAILS; LINE SOURCES; LONG-TERM AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; LOSS OF ACCURACIES; MATHEMATICAL DIFFICULTIES; MEAN-WINDS; METEOROLOGICAL DATUM; MODEL DISPERSIONS; MODELLING TOOLS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION SCHEMES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PARAMETERIZATION METHODS; PARAMETERIZED; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTHS; RUNTIMES; SINGLE POINT SOURCES; SOURCE GEOMETRIES; TIME-SERIES;

AIR QUALITY; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSION (WAVES);

DISPERSIONS;

AIRPORT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRPORT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; DISPERSION MODEL; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65649148720     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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