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Dispersion and removal of pollutants during the passage of an atmospheric frontal system
Author(s) -
Gimson Neil R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49712051509
Subject(s) - mesoscale meteorology , environmental science , pollutant , atmospheric sciences , deposition (geology) , hydrostatic equilibrium , dispersion (optics) , diffusion , meteorology , geology , chemistry , geomorphology , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , sediment , optics , thermodynamics
Results are presented from a numerical mesoscale modelling study of the effects of meteorological phenomena on the distribution of contaminants, both airborne and deposited onto the surface, arising from hypothetical idealized release episodes. An Eulerian transport/diffusion/removal model is coupled to the Meteorological Office non‐hydrostatic mesoscale model, with removal tuned to represent the wet deposition of pollutants likely to be emitted during a nuclear power station accident.