Horizontal turbulence and dispersion in low-wind stable conditions

HARMO 2010 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 863-867

  Luhar, Ashok K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low wind diffusion; Stable stratification; Turbulence intensity; Weak winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; TURBULENCE;

ANALYTICAL DISPERSION MODELS; CONCENTRATION PREDICTION; LONGITUDINAL WIND VELOCITY; LOW WIND CONDITIONS; LOW WINDS; STABLE STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WEAK WINDS;

WIND;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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