Urban transport and dispersion model sensitivity to wind direction uncertainty and source location

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-39

  Rodriguez, Luna M ^a   Bieringer, Paul E ^a   Warner, Tom ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Meteorological uncertainty; Urban transport and dispersion modeling

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONFIGURATION; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTROL SIMULATION; DISPERSION MODELING; DISPERSION MODELS; DISPERSION PATTERNS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; HUB AND SPOKE; HUB-AND-SPOKE CONFIGURATION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REGULAR GRIDS; RELATIVE IMPACT; SOURCE LOCATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN TRANSPORT; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND ERRORS; WIND FIELD;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BUILDINGS; DESIGN; DISPERSIONS; ERRORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN TRANSPORT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 84867746192     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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