Parametric study of the dispersion aspects in a street-canyon area

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 25, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 155-163

  Koutsourakis, Nektarios ^a   Neofytou, Panagiotis ^a   Venetsanos, Alexander G ^a   Bartzis, John G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADREA HF; Computational fluid dynamics; Modelling; Pollutant dispersion; Street canyon; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; WIND EFFECTS;

ADREA-HF; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; STREET CANYONS; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; FLOW PATTERN; STREET CANYON;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; GEOMETRY; MODEL; PARAMETRIC TEST; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 27144512154     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2005.007663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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