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The use of a meso-gamma scale model for evaluation of pollution concentration over an industrial region in Israel (Hadera)

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A model was developed for pollutant dispersion from a point source simulating the Hadera (Israel) power plant stack. The model is based on the NCAR mesoscale meteorological MM4 model that provides the wind fields and coefficients of turbulent diffusion. The model was implemented using an implicit numerical scheme with changing directions. A comparison between the model calculations and an analytical solution for the advection-diffusion equation shows good agreement. Relatively low numerical diffusion of the adopted advection scheme was noted. Results for the hilly region of central Israel are presented for a summer case.

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  1. Department of Geophsics and Planetary Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 69978, Israel

    Y. Tokar, J. Goldstein, Z. Levin & P. Alpert

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Tokar, Y., Goldstein, J., Levin, Z. et al. The use of a meso-gamma scale model for evaluation of pollution concentration over an industrial region in Israel (Hadera). Boundary-Layer Meteorol 62, 185–193 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705554

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