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The Influence Of Valley Winds On Transport And Dispersion Of Airborne Pollutants In The Freiburg-Schauinsland Area

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

36

Pages

5

Published

1999

Size

641 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/EURO991742

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

N. Kalthoff, V. Horlacher, U. Corsmeier, A. Volz-Thomas, B Kolahgar, H. GeiB and M. Mollmann-Coers

Abstract

The Influence of Valley Winds on Transport and Dispersion of Airborne Pollutants in the Freiburg-Schauinsland Area A contribution to subproject LOOP N. Kalthoff*, V. Horlacher*, U. Corsmeier\ A. Volz-Thomas*, B Kolahgar^, H. GeiB^ and M. Mollmann-Coers^ ' InstitutfurMeteorologie und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe/Universitdt Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany * Institutfur Chemie der belasteten Atmosphdre, Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany * Abteilung Sicherheit und Strahlenschutz, Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany Introduction Dilution of air pollutants in a natural environment depends on both chemical transformation and meteorological transport. To quantify the contribution of transport and dispersion, chemical and meteorological processes must be assessed separately. In June 1996, the Schauinsland Ozone Precursor Experiment (SLOPE) was carried out to investigate th

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