The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART-WRF version 3.1

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1889-1904

  Brioude, J ^a,b   Arnold, D ^c,d   Stohl, A ^e   Cassiani, M ^e   Morton, D ^f   Seibert, P ^g   Angevine, W ^a,b   Evan, S ^a,b   Dingwell, A ^h   Fast, J D ⁱ   Easter, R C ⁱ   Pisso, I ^e   Burkhart, J ^e,j   Wotawa, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j Merced   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DISPERSION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84887288184     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1889-2013     Document Type: Article

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