Odour-impact assessment around a landfill site from weather-type classification, complaint inventory and numerical simulation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Chemel, C ^a   Riesenmey, C ^b   Batton Hubert, M ^b   Vaillant, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Data classification; Landfill site; Numerical simulation; Olfactory nuisances

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LAND FILL; ODORS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DATA CLASSIFICATION; LANDFILL SITE; ODOUR IMPACT ASSESSMENT; OLFACTORY NUISANCE; PHYSICS METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; TYPE CLASSIFICATIONS; WEATHER TYPES;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAUSSIAN METHOD; INVENTORY; LANDFILL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ODOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOLUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KERNEL METHOD; LANDFILL LEACHATE; METEOROLOGY; ODOR CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 80052831992     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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