Some insights into typical urban canyon airflows

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 3991-3999

  Johnson, G T ^a   Hunter, L J ^a  

^a Sch Math Phys Comp E   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canyon geometry; City; Vortex; Wind

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CHANNEL FLOW; ROOFS; VORTEX FLOW;

CHANNELING EFFECT; SKIMMING FLOW; URBAN CANYON AIRFLOWS;

WIND;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; FLOW PATTERN; URBAN AREA;

AIR FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; FLOW PATTERN; URBAN AREA;

AIRFLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 0032994601     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00164-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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