Computational fluid dynamic simulations of plume dispersion in Urban Oklahoma City

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2110-2126

  Flaherty, Julia E ^a,b   Stock, David ^a   Lamb, Brian ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW FIELDS; KINETIC ENERGY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND;

REYNOLDS STRESS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES MODELING; TRACER GAS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 38849130064     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006JAMC1306.1     Document Type: Article

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