Pollutant dispersion modelling with OSPM in a street canyon from bucharest

Romanian Reports in Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1099-1114

  Raducan, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Meteorological conditions; Pollutant concentrations; Traffic; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870030216     PISSN: 12211451     EISSN: 18418759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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