Simulations of pollutant dispersion within idealised urban-type geometries with CFD and integral models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 37, 2007, Pages 8316-8329

  Di Sabatino, Silvana ^a   Buccolieri, Riccardo ^a   Pulvirenti, Beatrice ^b   Britter, Rex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building packing density; CFD models; Operational dispersion models; Pollutant dispersion modelling; Street canyons; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BUILDING PACKING DENSITY; OPERATIONAL DISPERSION MODELS; POLLUTANT DISPERSION MODELING; STREET CANYONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ADVECTION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA;

EID: 36048980030     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.052     Document Type: Article

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