Methods of investigating urban wind fields-physical models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 3981-3989

  Plate, Erich J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLIMATOLOGY; WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN WIND FIELDS;

WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MODELING; TURBULENCE; URBAN AREA; WIND FIELD; WIND TUNNEL;

MODELING; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN AREA; WIND FIELD; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MODEL; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 0032599867     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00140-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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