An application of the RAMS/FLUENT system on the multi-scale numerical simulation of the urban surface layer - A preliminary study

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Li, Lei ^a,b   Hu, Fei ^b   Jiang, Jinhua ^b   Cheng, Xueling ^b  

^a Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Multi scale numerical simulation; RAMS FLUENT system; Urban canopy layer (UCL); Urban surface layer (USL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248639330     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-007-0271-y     Document Type: Article

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