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Numerical Computation of High Air Pollution Levels

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The particular conditions during which high air pollution levels are observed can be simulated by an appropriate atmospheric boundary-layer model (PBL) coupled with a diffusion model. The atmospheric dispersion is described here by the product of the cross-wind and vertical diffusions. This is evaluated by a numerical 2-dimension model taking into account sedimentation, deposition and/or other interactions with the atmospheric environment. The numerical solution of this 2D-model is obtained by finite difference technique, the wind and vertical diffusion coefficient being provided by the PBL-model or a PBL-parameterisation scheme.

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  1. Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Catholic University of Louvain, 2 Chemin du Cyclotron, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Cl. Demuth, G. Schayes, P. Hecq & M. Cravatte

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  1. Prime Ministers Office for Science Policy, National Research and Development Program on Environment, Brussels, Belgium

    C. De Wispelaere

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Demuth, C., Schayes, G., Hecq, P., Cravatte, M. (1981). Numerical Computation of High Air Pollution Levels. In: De Wispelaere, C. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application I. NATO · Challenges of Modern Society, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3344-9_39

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