The Influence of Eddy Diffusivity Variation on the Atmospheric Diffusion Equation

A. A. Marrouf^1*, Khaled S. M. Essa¹, Maha S. El-Otaify¹, Adel S. Mohamed², Galal Ismail²

¹Department of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt.
²Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

DOI: 10.4236/ojap.2015.43011                

Abstract

The advection diffusion equation was solved analytically using separation of variables technique, considering first the wind speed and eddy diffusivity as constants; second as variables dependent on vertical height z. Comparison between predicted two models and observed concentration on Inshas, Cairo (Egypt) is done.

Keywords

Advection-Diffusion Equation, Separation of Variable Technique, Pollution, Concentrations

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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