Ground-based remote sensing profiling and numerical weather prediction model to manage nuclear power plants meteorological surveillance in Switzerland

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1617-1625

  Calpini, B ^a   Ruffieux, D ^a   Bettems, J M ^a   Hug, C ^a   Huguenin, P ^a   Isaak, H P ^b   Kaufmann, P ^a   Maier, O ^a   Steiner, P ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; DISPERSION; FALLOUT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REMOTE SENSING; SECURITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

SWITZERLAND;

COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84857757745     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1617-2011     Document Type: Article

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