Simulation of Pollutant Transport in Complex Terrain with a Numerical Weather Prediction-Particle Dispersion Model Combination

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-396

  Szintai, B ^a,b   Kaufmann, P ^a   Rotach, M W ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Complex terrain; COSMO numerical model; Lagrangian particle dispersion model; Tracer experiment; Turbulence parameterization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELS; TRACER EXPERIMENT; TURBULENCE PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78449297414     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9541-9     Document Type: Article

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