CALPUFF and AERMOD model validation study in the near field: Martins Creek revisited

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-659

  Dresser, Alan L ^a   Huizer, Robert D ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; METEOROLOGY; ODOR CONTROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; REGULATORY APPLICATIONS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AERMOD; ARTICLE; CALPUFF; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD STUDY; METEOROLOGY; NEAR FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; STATISTICS; STEADY STATE; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION STUDY; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

NEPTUNIA;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 79961194387     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.61.6.647     Document Type: Article

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