Evaluation of the operational atmospheric model used in emergency response system at Kalpakkam on the east coast of India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7423-7442

  Srinivas, C V ^a   Venkatesan, R ^a   Yesubabu, V ^a   Nagaraju, C ^a   Venkatraman, B ^a   Chellapandi, P ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; MM5; Model performance; Real time predictions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS; COARSE DOMAIN; DRY AND WET; DRY WEATHERS; EAST COAST; EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; ERROR METRICS; FINE SCALE FEATURES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GEOPOTENTIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MESOSCALE; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL TOWERS; MM5; MODEL DIAGNOSIS; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR EMERGENCY RESPONSE; PLUME DISPERSION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINFALL EVENT; REAL-TIME PREDICTION; SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA; SURFACE STATION; UPPER AIR; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DISPERSIONS; FORECASTING; RADIOLOGY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; HUMIDITY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER STATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; HUMIDITY; INDIA; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL; MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

INDIA;

EID: 80755172437     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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