Measurements and three-dimensional modeling of air pollutant dispersion in an Urban Street Canyon

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 35, 2004, Pages 5911-5924

  Tsai, M Y ^a   Chen, K S ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D simulation; Pollution dispersion; RNG k turbulence model; Street canyon; Traffic exhaust

Indexed keywords

TRAFFIC FLOW RATE; TURBULENCE MODELS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VORTEX LINES;

AIR POLLUTION; ASPECT RATIO; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROADS AND STREETS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISPERSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; STREET CANYON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 4744338271     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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