Micrometeorological measurements in a street canyon during the joint ATREUS-PICADA experiment

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-41

  Idczak, Marcin ^a,b   Mestayer, Patrice ^a   Rosant, Jean Michel ^a   Sini, Jean Francois ^a   Violleau, Michel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES   (France)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Parallel streets; Solar radiation; Street canyon flows; Thermal effects; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

IN-CANYON AIRFLOW; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; STREET CANYON FLOWS; URBAN CANYON;

METEOROLOGY;

AERODYNAMICS; ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; MICROCLIMATE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; STREET CANYON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34250184121     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9095-z     Document Type: Article

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