3D stream and vortexes in the urban canopy layer and transport of motor vehicles exhaust gas

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 25, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 177-190

  Kono, Hitoshi ^a   Kusunoki, Kimiyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D street canyon; Microscale dispersion; Motor vehicle exhaust gas; OMG volume source model; Transport; Visualising; Vortex; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; SMOKE; VEHICLES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

3D STREET CANYON; MICROSCALE DISPERSION; OMG VOLUME-SOURCE MODEL; VISUALIZING; WIND-TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

EXHAUST GASES;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; EXPERIMENT; MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 27144544553     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2005.007665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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