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Area Source

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000190

An array of pollutant sources, so widely dispersed and uniform in strength that they can be treated in a dispersion model as an aggregate pollutant release from a defined area at a uniform rate. Compare line source and point source.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000190
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000190",
  "term": "Area Source",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "An array of pollutant sources, so widely dispersed and uniform in strength that they can be treated in a dispersion model as an aggregate pollutant release from a defined area at a uniform rate. Compare line source and point source.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/area-source/"
}

Record 190 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.