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Numerical models simulating the transport and dispersion of gaseous or particulate pollutants support the understanding of long-distance transport processes and are a valuable tool in various scientific and civil applications. Here the basic principles of Lagrangian trajectory and dispersion models and the major contributing physical processes are outlined: advection, dispersion, deposition, wash-out and settling and how they are implemented in the case of the HYSPLIT model, which is described here as a typical representative of this model class. Three recent applications of the model follow.
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- Lower Stratosphere
- Global Forecast System
- Gravitational Settling
- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
- Reactor Block
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Baumann, R., Schlager, H. (2012). Lagrangian Modeling of Transport and Dispersion of Air Constituents. In: Schumann, U. (eds) Atmospheric Physics. Research Topics in Aerospace. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30183-4_23
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