Prediction of ground level concentration of sulfur dioxide using ISCST3 model in Mangalore industrial region of India

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-188

  Bandyopadhyay, Amitava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; COMPLEX1 screening model; Dispersion modeling; ISCST3 model; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BACKPROPAGATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; DISPERSION MODELING; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION; GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS; GROUND-LEVEL CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX SHORT TERMS; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; SCREENING MODELS;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 67449168835     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-008-0188-x     Document Type: Article

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