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In this chapter we shall discuss in general the current methods which, under the rather vague heading gaussian plume concept, are used for the computation of concentration fields resulting from large numbers of distributed urban and industrial sources.
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Benarie, M.M. (1980). Multi-source gaussian plume concepts for short-time computations. In: Urban Air Pollution Modelling. Air Pollution Problems Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03639-4_3
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