Can dispersion model predictions be improved by increasing the temporal and spatial resolution of the meteorological input data?

Weather

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 232-237

  Davis, Lucy S ^a   Dacre, Helen F ^a  

^a University of Reading ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 74149094310     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.421     Document Type: Article

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