Flow and dispersion around an isolated building

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2859-2870

  Higson, H L ^a   Griffiths, R F ^a   Jones, C D ^b   Hall, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Building effects; Intermittency; Mean concentration; Tracer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; WEATHER; WIND;

DISPERSION; FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BUILDING; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; TURBULENT DISPERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUILDINGS; DISPERSIONS; FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; TRACER GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0029663883     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00313-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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