Decay distance and residence time of an air pollutant for different atmospheric thermal stability categories

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 618-626

  Alseroury, Fathia A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Diffusion equation; Mathematical formulation; Nuclear releases

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355176796     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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