Flow characteristics and particle mass and number concentration variability within a busy urban street canyon

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 7565-7578

  Weber, Stephan ^a   Kuttler, Wilhelm ^a   Weber, Konradin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fine particles; Mean flow; Turbulence; Urban street canyon; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL ROADS; SAMPLING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

MEAN FLOW; PARTICLE MASS; SUBMICRON PARTICLES; URBAN STREET CANYON;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STREET CANYON; TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING; VORTEX FLOW;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; GERMANY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ESSEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 33750356205     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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