Modeling reactive pollutant dispersion in an urban street canyon

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 934-949

  Baik, Jong Jin ^a   Kang, Yoon So ^a   Kim, Jae Jin ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model; Photochemistry; Reactive pollutant dispersion; Street bottom heating; Urban street canyon

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; DRAINAGE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

REACTIVE POLLUTANT DISPERSION; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS (RANS); STREET BOTTOM HEATING; URBAN STREET CANYON;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STREET CANYON; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; URBAN REGION; VORTEX;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; DIFFUSION; OSCILLATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33845605118     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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