Flow and transport in the obstacle layer: First results of the micro-scale model MITRAS

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-130

  Schlunzen K H ^a   Hinneburg, D ^b   Knoth, O ^b   Lambrecht, M ^b,g   Leitl, B ^a   Lopez S ^c   Lupkes C ^c   Panskus, H ^a   Renner, E ^b   Schatzmann, M ^a   Schoenemeyer, T ^d,f   Trepte, S ^d,e   Wolke, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

^g NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemistry in street canyons; Micro scale model; Model evaluation; Soot transport in urban areas; Wind tunnel data

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOOT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOOT; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0242668876     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022420130032     Document Type: Review

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