Detection of ventilation paths using high-resolution roughness parameter mapping in a large urban area

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-206

  Gal T ^a   Unger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

3D building database; Displacement height; Frontal area; Porosity; Roughness length; Urban roughness mapping

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION DETECTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

3D BUILDING DATABASE; DISPLACEMENT HEIGHT; FRONTAL AREA; POROSITY; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; URBAN ROUGHNESS MAPPING;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

BUILDING; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; HEAT ISLAND; MAPPING METHOD; ROUGHNESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN PLANNING; VENTILATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

EID: 51449123823     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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