Large-eddy simulations of wind flow and pollutant dispersion in a street canyon

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3573-3582

  So, Ellen S P ^a   Chan, Andy T Y ^a   Wong, Anton Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Canyon aspect ratio; Large eddy simulations; Pollutant dispersion; Turbulent flow; Urban street canyon

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROADS AND STREETS;

CANYON FLOW; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; WIND FLOW;

WIND;

AIRFLOW; DISPERSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTION; STREET CANYON; URBAN AREA; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 20444439036     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.02.044     Document Type: Article

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