Modelling the thermal climate in city canyons

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 267-277

  Herbert, Jan M ^a   Johnson, Glenn T ^b   Arnfield, A John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation modelling; Urban canyon; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORCED CONVECTION; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; URBAN PLANNING; WIND;

CITY CANYONS; THERMAL CLIMATE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLOW; MICROCLIMATE; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 0032193314     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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