QUIC transport and dispersion modelling of two releases from the Joint Urban 2003 field experiment

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 263-287

  Brown, Michael J ^a   Gowardhan, Akshay A ^a,b   Nelson, Mathew A ^a   Williams, Michael D ^a   Pardyjak, Eric R ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast response plume modelling; Flow around buildings; Joint Urban 2003 tracer field experiment; Random walk dispersion modelling; Urban dispersion; Validation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; TALL BUILDINGS;

DISPERSION MODELLING; FAST RESPONSE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; URBAN DISPERSION; VALIDATION;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; MODELING; PLUME; TRACER; WIND;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MODEL; PLUME; QUICK URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX DISPERSION MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84891620489     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: 17415101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2013.058458     Document Type: Article

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