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Environmental Modelling & Software
Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2005, Pages 285-289
 
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doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.06.002    How to Cite or Link Using DOI (Opens New Window)
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An iterative Langevin solution for contaminant dispersion simulation using the Gram–Charlier PDF

Jonas C. Carvalhoa, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Ézio R. Nichimuraa, Marco Túllio M.B. de Vilhenab, Davidson M. Moreiraa and Gervásio A. Degraziac

aUniversidade Luterana do Brasil, Engenharia Ambiental, PPGEAM, Canoas, RS, Brazil bUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Matemática, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil cUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Física, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

Received 23 February 2004; 
revised 11 June 2004; 
accepted 22 June 2004. 
Available online 18 August 2004.

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Abstract

An alternative numerical method to solve the three-dimensional stochastic Langevin equation applied to the air pollution dispersion is proposed and tested. We obtain a first-order differential equation whose solution is known and determined by an integrating factor. A Langevin model for inhomogeneous turbulence is obtained, considering the Gram–Charlier Probability Density Function (PDF) of turbulent velocity. The calculus process is based on an iterative scheme through the Picard Iterative Method. Numerical simulations and comparisons with measured data from two different tracer experiments are realized, showing a good agreement between predicted and observed values. Furthermore, the results obtained with the new approach are compared with the ones obtained by three different models.

Keywords: Langevin equation; Lagrangian particle model; Gram–Charlier PDF; Picard iterative method; Model evaluation

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. The Gram–Charlier PDF
3. The ILS model
4. Modelling results
4.1. Comparison with Copenhagen data
4.2. Comparison with Prairie Grass data
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References

 
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