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Record 1 2001-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

[For a vapour released continuously from a point source at a constant rate the concentration at a point, x, y, z downwind of the source at height h, is given by the following Gaussian Plume equation] where x = downwind distance, y = vertical distance, z = vertical distance ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
OBS

Manuel d'introduction, 5.3.2.3.

OBS

Nuisances dues aux activités urbaines, p. 110/14; La pollution atmosphérique, Détrie, p. 208.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Física de la atmósfera
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