Concentration field and turbulent fluxes during the mixing of two buoyant plumes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 7842-7857

  Contini, Daniele ^a   Hayden, Paul ^b   Robins, Alan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast FID; LDA; Plume interaction; Turbulent fluxes; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BUOYANCY; FLUXES; LAMINAR FLOW; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

FAST FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS (FFID); LASER-DOPPLER ANEMOMETER SYSTEMS; PLUME INTERACTION; TURBULENT FLUXES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

ANEMOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 33751118234     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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