Interactions between Energy Transformations and Atmospheric Phenomena. A Survey of Recent Research

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Meteorological Impacts of the Cooling Tower of the Goesgen Nuclear Power Plant....Pages 3-8
A Laboratory Analysis of Free Convection Enhanced by a Heat Island in a Calm and Stratified Environment....Pages 9-26
Mathematical Modelling of the Heat Exchange between a River and the Atmosphere....Pages 27-40
Numerical Modeling of the Nocturnal PBL over the Urban Heat Island in Changzhou City....Pages 41-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Mesoscale Numerical Modeling of Pollutant Transport in Complex Terrain....Pages 59-74
A Numerical Study of Atmospheric Pollution over Complex Terrain in Switzerland....Pages 75-96
The U.K. Meteorological Office Mesoscale Model....Pages 97-107
Numerical Studies of Mesoscale Motion in a Mixed Layer over the Northern Alpine Foreland....Pages 109-121
Modelling Atmospheric Dispersal of the Chernobyl Release Across Europe....Pages 123-133
An Application of an Efficient Non-Hydrostatic Mesoscale Model....Pages 135-147
Accurate Pressure Gradient Calculations in Hydrostatic Atmospheric Models....Pages 149-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Turbulence and Diffusion over Inhomogeneous Terrain....Pages 173-202
Modelling of Turbulence over Low Hills and Varying Surface Roughness....Pages 203-215
Turbulence Structure of Sea Breeze Front and Its Implication in Air Pollution Transport — Application of K-ε Turbulence Model —....Pages 217-239
Wind Tunnel Modeling of Small-Scale Meteorological Processes....Pages 241-249
A New Technique for the Solution of Diffusion Equation Systems for Reacting Pollutants....Pages 251-264
Verification of the Pollutant Transport Model ‘Modis’ Using EPRI Plains Site Data from a Tall Stack....Pages 265-277
Finite Element Computation of Pollutant Transport in Thermally Stratified Flows....Pages 279-285
Eddy Energy Dissipation Rate and Puff Diffusion During Calms....Pages 287-293
Experimental Investigation of Atmospheric Dispersion over the Swiss Plain—Experiment “Siesta”....Pages 295-307
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
The Øresund Experiment — Wind and Temperature Structure over a Land-Water-Land Area....Pages 309-318
A Standing Wave in Stable Drainage Flow Induced by a Small Industrial Facility....Pages 319-331
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Pollution and Cloud Reflectance....Pages 335-348
Optical Properties of Dirty Clouds....Pages 349-354
Pollutant Scavenging in a Mesoscale Meteorological Model with Quasi-Spectral Microphysics....Pages 355-366
Influence of Atmospheric Pollutants on Cloud Microphysics and Rainfall....Pages 367-380
Perspectives for Research in Wet Chemistry and Unintentional Cloud Modification from the Discipline of Purposeful Cloud Modification....Pages 381-405
Modelling the-Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Chemistry....Pages 407-416
Macro- and Micro-Scale Mixing in Chemical Reactive Plumes....Pages 417-426