A dataset of tracer concentrations and meteorological observations from the Bolzano Tracer EXperiment (BTEX) to characterize pollutant dispersion processes in an Alpine valley

Falocchi, Marco; Tirler, Werner; Giovannini, Lorenzo; Tomasi, Elena; Antonacci, Gianluca; Zardi, Dino

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-277-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-277-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-277-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Data description paper

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10 Feb 2020

Data description paper |

| 10 Feb 2020

A dataset of tracer concentrations and meteorological observations from the Bolzano Tracer EXperiment (BTEX) to characterize pollutant dispersion processes in an Alpine valley

Marco Falocchi, Werner Tirler, Lorenzo Giovannini, Elena Tomasi, Gianluca Antonacci, and Dino Zardi

Data sets

Tracer concentrations and meteorological observations from the Bolzano Tracer EXperiment (BTEX) M. Falocchi, W. Tirler, L. Giovannini, E. Tomasi, G. Antonacci, and D. Zardi https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898761

Short summary

This paper describes a dataset of tracer concentrations and meteorological measurements collected during the Bolzano Tracer EXperiment (BTEX) to evaluate the pollutant dispersion from a waste incinerator close to Bolzano (Italian Alps). BTEX represents one of the few experiments available in the literature performed over complex mountainous terrain to evaluate dispersion processes by means of controlled tracer releases. This dataset represents a useful benchmark for testing dispersion models.