Dispersion of a passive plume in an idealised urban convective boundary layer: A large-eddy simulation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-72

  Cai, X M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Idealised patchy urban surface; Inhomogeneous heat flux; Large eddy simulation; Plume dispersion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; SURFACES; WIND EFFECTS;

HOMOGENEOUS SURFACE; IDEALISED SURFACE INHOMOGENEITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PASSIVE PLUME; URBAN CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER;

THERMAL PLUMES;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PLUME; URBAN AREA;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PLUME; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WIND;

EID: 0033991534     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00299-X     Document Type: Article

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