A new urban boundary layer and dispersion parameterization for an emergency response modeling system: Tests with the Joint Urban 2003 data set

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 5807-5821

  Delle Monache, Luca ^a,b   Weil, Jeffrey ^c   Simpson, Matthew ^a   Leach, Marty ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion modeling; Emergency response; Urban parameterization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RELEASE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION VALUE; DATA SETS; DIRECTIONAL EFFECTS; DISPERSION MODELING; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FRACTIONAL BIAS; INTENSE OPERATING PERIODS; JOINT URBAN 2003; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODELING SYSTEMS; OKLAHOMA; OKLAHOMA CITY; OPERATIONAL MODES; POINT SOURCES; PREDICTION MODELING; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SHAPE AND SIZE; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; PARAMETERIZATION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DISPERSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749115034     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.051     Document Type: Article

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