CO2 transport by urban plumes in the upper Spanish plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4934-4938

  Pérez, Isidro A ^a   Sánchez, M Luisa ^a   García, M Ángeles ^a   de Torre, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; CO2 plume; RASS sodar; Richardson number

Indexed keywords

CO2 PLUME; DIRECTIONAL ANALYSIS; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PALENCIA; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RASS SODAR; RICHARDSON NUMBER; RIGHT-SKEWED DISTRIBUTIONS; RURAL SITE; STRATIFIED STRUCTURE; SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; UNIFORM LAYER; URBAN PLUMES; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS;

MIXED CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SODAR; URBAN AREA; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; WIND; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPAIN;

EID: 67649114137     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.037     Document Type: Article

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