An exceptional case of long range odorant transport

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-72

  Smethurst, H E ^a   Witham, C ^b   Robins, A G ^c   Murray, V S G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Back trajectories; Dispersion modelling; Long range transport; Odour

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ODORS; POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRIES; BACK TRAJECTORIES; DISPERSION MODELLING; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL MODELING; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SOURCE LOCATION;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84858728375     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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