Wind tunnel modelling of urban building exposure to outdoor pollution

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 15 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2737-2745

  Mfula, A M ^a,b   Kukadia, V ^b   Griffiths, R F ^a   Hall, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Envirobods Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ingress; Outdoor pollution; Plume; Ventilation; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUILDINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; URBAN PLANNING;

AREA DENSITY; BUILDING MODELS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WIND;

EID: 20344365591     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.07.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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