Prediction of particulate air pollution from a landfill site using CFD and LIDAR techniques

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-112

  Torno, Susana ^a   Toraño, Javier ^a   Menendez, Mario ^a   Gent, Malcolm ^a   Allende, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics); Dust; Landfill site; LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging); Threshold friction velocity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DUST; FRICTION; LANDFILL; LIDAR; PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 78651393401     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-010-9187-7     Document Type: Article

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