CFD analysis of mesoscale climate in the Greater Tokyo area

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 1997, Pages 459-477

  Mochida, Akashi ^a   Murakami, Shuzo ^b   Ojima, Toshio ^c   Sangjin, Kim ^b   Ooka, Ryozo ^b   Sugiyama, Hirokatsu ^d  

^a NIIGATA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial heat release; Heat island; Land use; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE CLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICAL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CFD ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL FLOW; HEAT ISLAND; TURBULENCE; URBAN CLIMATE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, TOKYO;

EID: 0031109678     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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