Probability law of concentration in plumes dispersing in an urban area

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-407

  Yee, Eugene ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric diffusion; Concentration fluctuations; Pollutant dispersion; Probability density function; Urban canopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CONCENTRATION DATA; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS; CONCENTRATION MOMENTS; DATA SETS; FOURTH-ORDER; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HIGHER ORDER; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; OBSTACLE ARRAY; OPEN TERRAIN; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; PROBABILITY LAW; SECOND ORDERS; STAGGERED ARRANGEMENT; UNIVERSAL CURVE; UNIVERSAL FUNCTIONS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANOPY; WATER CHANNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SET THEORY;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 67649616532     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-008-9113-4     Document Type: Article

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