Atmospheric pollutant dispersion over complex terrain: Challenges and needs for improving air quality measurements and modeling

L Giovannini, E Ferrero, T Karl, MW Rotach, C Staquet… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pollutant dispersion processes over complex terrain are much more complicated than over
flat areas, as they are affected by atmospheric interactions with the orography at different …

100 years of progress in boundary layer meteorology

MA LeMone, WM Angevine… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Over the last 100 years, boundary layer meteorology grew from the subject of mostly near-
surface observations to a field encompassing diverse atmospheric boundary layers (ABLs) …

[HTML][HTML] A compact QCL spectrometer for mobile, high-precision methane sensing aboard drones

B Tuzson, M Graf, J Ravelid… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - amt.copernicus.org
A compact and lightweight mid-infrared laser absorption spectrometer has been developed
as a mobile sensing platform for high-precision atmospheric methane measurements …

Large eddy simulation of pollen transport in the atmospheric boundary layer

M Chamecki, C Meneveau, MB Parlange - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper presents a framework to simulate pollen dispersal by the wind based on the large
eddy simulation (LES) technique. Important phenomena such as the pollen emission by the …

[PDF][PDF] Review and validation of MicroSpray, a Lagrangian particle model of turbulent dispersion

G Tinarelli, L Mortarini, ST Castelli… - … modeling of the …, 2012 - researchgate.net
In this paper, the MicroSpray 3-D Lagrangian particle dispersion model is presented and
reviewed, and several validation studies are shown. Starting from its core, based on a 3-D …

Characterization of wind meandering in low-wind-speed conditions

L Mortarini, M Stefanello, G Degrazia, D Roberti… - Boundary-layer …, 2016 - Springer
Investigation of low-wind cases observed during the Urban Turbulent Project campaign
(Torino, Italy) and at the Santa Maria meteorological station (Santa Maria, Brazil) provides …

A wavelet analysis of low‐wind‐speed submeso motions in a nocturnal boundary layer

D Cava, L Mortarini, U Giostra… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In low‐wind regimes (wind speed less than 1.5 ms− 1) the nocturnal boundary layer is still
inadequately understood. In such conditions, turbulence is weak and often intermittent …

Observations of submeso motions and intermittent turbulent mixing across a low level jet with a 132‐m tower

L Mortarini, D Cava, U Giostra… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The coexistence of wave‐like submeso motions and anisotropic intermittent turbulence in a
night‐time stable boundary layer is investigated. Submeso motions of different …

Interaction of submeso motions in the Antarctic stable boundary layer

D Cava, L Mortarini, D Anfossi, U Giostra - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2019 - Springer
Submeso motions add complexities to the structure of the stable boundary layer. Such
motions include horizontal meandering and gravity waves, in particular when the large-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing the origin of odour nuisance from citizens' notifications with the SMART modelling system

ST Castelli, F Uboldi, GL Tinarelli, O Drofa… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Odour nuisance has a not negligible impact on the quality of life of the population affected by
it, yet tracing the source of malodorous releases is challenging. Numerical models may be …