Investigation of the collapse of the skewness and kurtosis exhibited in atmospheric dispersion data

Lewis, D. M. and Chatwin, P. C. and Mole, N. (1997) Investigation of the collapse of the skewness and kurtosis exhibited in atmospheric dispersion data. Il nuovo cimento C, 20 C (3). pp. 385-398. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

This paper studies the collapse of the estimators for skewness and kurtosis of concentration onto a near universal curve. This phenomenon is observed for data taken from atmospheric dispersion experiments under a variety of different conditions. By means of careful investigation of the high concentration tails, modelled by means of the generalized Pareto distribution, and the fundamental physics of the problem, a set of envelope curves encompassing the data will be established. The implications of these results for modelling the probability density function of concentration are discussed.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Paper presented at EUROMECH Colloquium 338 “Atmospheric Turbulence and Dispersion in Complex Terrain” and ERCOFTAC Workshop “Data on Turbulence and Dispersion in Complex Atmospheric Flows”, Bologna, 4-7 September 1995.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Convection, turbulence, and diffusion; air quality and air pollution; conference proceedings
Subjects: 300 Scienze sociali > 360 Problemi e servizi sociali; associazioni > 363 Altri problemi e servizi sociali > 363.7 Problemi ambientali (classificare qui la tutela ambientale; l’effetto dei rifiuti, dell’inquinamento, delle iniziative per controllarli) > 363.73 Inquinamento > 363.739 Inquinamento di specifici ambienti > 363.7392 Inquinamento atmosferico
500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 11 May 2017 09:43
Last Modified: 11 May 2017 09:43
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/12026

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