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The effects of mesoscale meteorological phenomena on the transport of pollutants were analyzed by 3-dimensional dispersion calculations in case of a hypothetical nuclear accident. The results were in agreement with the earlier results obtained by Kestiet al. (1988) clearly indicating the importance of mesocale meteorological phenomena in short-range dispersion of pollutants.
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Rantalainen, L. The importance of mesoscale phenomena on the dispersion of pollutants in the vicinity of a point-source emission. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 62, 143–150 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705551
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