Transport and Diffusion in Turbulent Fields: Modeling and Measurement Techniques

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Uncertainties in Air Quality Model Predictions....Pages 3-20
Review of Non-Local Mixing in Turbulent Atmospheres: Transilient Turbulence Theory....Pages 21-96
Buoyant Plume Rise in a Lagrangian Framework....Pages 97-105
Mixing Efficiency of a Stably Stratified Fluid....Pages 107-115
Possibility of Simulating Geophysical Flow Phenomena by Laboratory Experiments....Pages 117-128
Investigation of the Planetary Boundary Layer Height Variations Over Complex Terrain....Pages 129-142
The Importance of Mesoscale Phenomena on the Dispersion of Pollutants in the Vicinity of a Point-Source Emission....Pages 143-150
A Numerical Model for Estimation of the Diurnal Fluctuation of the Inversion Height Due to a Sea Breeze....Pages 151-161
Synoptic and Mesoscale Weather Conditions During Air Pollution Episodes in Athens, Greece....Pages 163-184
The Use of a Meso-Gamma Scale Model for Evaluation of Pollution Concentration over an Industrial Region in Israel (Hadera)....Pages 185-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Recent Developments in the Lagrangian Stochastic Theory of Turbulent Dispersion....Pages 197-215
A Three-Dimensional Model for Calculating the Concentration Distribution in Inhomogeneous Turbulence....Pages 217-245
Fluctuations of Line Integrated Concentrations Across Plume Diffusion in Grid Generated Turbulence and in Shear Flows....Pages 247-267
The Structure and Magnitude of Concentration Fluctuations....Pages 269-280
Dispersion in Sheared Gaussian Homogeneous Turbulence....Pages 281-290
Fractal Aspects of Integrated Concentration Fluctuations....Pages 291-302
Modelling N O Conversion by Using Probability Density Functions....Pages 303-311
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Final Results of the Condors Convective Diffusion Experiment....Pages 315-328
A One Dimensional Wind Profile Model with Stability and Eddy Viscosity Estimations from Sodar Data....Pages 329-351
Intercomparison of Turbulence Data Measured by Sodar and Sonic Anemometers....Pages 353-359
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Lidar Measurements of Plume Statistics....Pages 361-378
Spatial Structure of a Jet Flow at a River Mouth....Pages 379-383
Limitation of Using Multi-Type Sensors in Combination for Verifying Atmospheric Phenomena....Pages 385-391
Observations of the Diurnal Oscillation of the Inversion Over the Israeli Coast....Pages 393-409
Laboratory Study of the Turbulent Structure of a Channel Jet Flowing into an Open Basin....Pages 411-416
Actinic Fluxes: The Role of Clouds in Photodissociation....Pages 417-432
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
The Round Table Discussion: Interactions and Feedback between Theory and Experiment....Pages 435-448
Back Matter....Pages 449-449