A simplified three-dimensional approach to street canyon modelling using SEP-SCAM

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-313

  Papathanassiou, Apostolos ^a   Douros, Ioannis ^a   Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Box model; Fast chemical reactions; Intersection parameterization; Plume equation; Recirculation contribution; Simplified empirical algorithms; Street canyon; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERSECTIONS; PARAMETERIZATION;

BOX MODEL; FAST CHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLUME EQUATION; RECIRCULATION CONTRIBUTION; SIMPLIFIED EMPIRICAL ALGORITHMS; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL REACTION; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODELING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BERLIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348961641     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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