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Experimental Evaluation of a PC-Based Real-Time Dispersion Modeling System for Accidental Releases in Complex Terrain

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The local-scale real-time dispersion modelling system LINCOM/RIMPUFF is evaluated using data from the complex terrain Guardo experiments carried out in Northern Spain November 1990.

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  1. Sponsored from the Catalan Research Council - Spain, Risø National Laboratory, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Søren Thykier-Nielsen, Torben Mikkelsen & Josep M. Santabàrbara

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Thykier-Nielsen, S., Mikkelsen, T., Santabàrbara, J.M. (1994). Experimental Evaluation of a PC-Based Real-Time Dispersion Modeling System for Accidental Releases in Complex Terrain. In: Gryning, SE., Millán, M.M. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application X. NATO · Challenges of Modern Society, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1817-4_42

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