RLINE: A line source dispersion model for near-surface releases

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 748-756

  Snyder, Michelle G ^a   Venkatram, Akula ^b   Heist, David K ^a   Perry, Steven G ^a   Petersen, William B ^c   Isakov, Vlad ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Research Triangle Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Idaho falls experiment; Meteorological measurements; Near road concentrations; Near surface dispersion; RLINE; Similarity theory; Surface releases; Urban dispersion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION SCHEME; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; RLINE; SIMILARITY THEORY; URBAN DISPERSION;

INTEGRATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATABASE; DISPERSION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; ROAD; SURFACE LAYER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84879730321     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.074     Document Type: Article

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