Air Pollution Steady-State Advection-Diffusion Equation: The General Three-Dimensional Solution

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ABSTRACT

Atmospheric air pollution turbulent fluxes can be assumed to be proportional to the mean concentration gradient. This assumption, along with the equation of continuity, leads to the advection-diffusion equation. Many models simulating air pollution dispersion are based upon the solution (numerical or analytical) of the advection-diffusion equation as- suming turbulence parameterization for realistic physical scenarios. We present the general steady three-dimensional solution of the advection-diffusion equation considering a vertically inhomogeneous atmospheric boundary layer for arbitrary vertical profiles of wind and eddy-diffusion coefficients. Numerical results and comparison with experimental data are shown.

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D. Buske, M. Vilhena, T. Tirabassi and B. Bodmann, "Air Pollution Steady-State Advection-Diffusion Equation: The General Three-Dimensional Solution," Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 3 No. 9A, 2012, pp. 1124-1134. doi: 10.4236/jep.2012.329131.

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