Thermal and air flow characteristics in a deep pedestrian canyon under hot weather conditions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 4503-4521

  Santamouris, M ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^a   Koronakis, I ^a   Livada, I ^a   Asimakopoulos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Urban canyon; Vortex; Wind temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ROADS AND STREETS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

AIR FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; DEEP PEDESTRIAN CANYON; HEAT ISLAND INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; WIND SPEEDS;

HOT WEATHER PROBLEMS;

AIR FLOW; HEAT ISLAND; STREET CANYON; URBAN CLIMATE; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW KINETICS; GREECE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WEATHER; WIND;

ATHENS; GREECE;

EID: 0032781704     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00187-9     Document Type: Article

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