Air pollution dispersion within urban street canyons

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-252

  Taseiko, Olga V ^a   Mikhailuta, Sergey V ^a   Pitt, Anne ^b   Lezhenin, Anatoly A ^c   Zakharov, Yuri V ^d  

^a Siberian Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d RESHETNEV SIBERIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air flow; Building arrangements; Urban air pollution dispersion; Urban street canyon

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DISPERSION (WAVES); FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; LIQUIDS; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

AIR FLOW; AIR POLLUTION DISPERSIONS; BUILDING DENSITIES; BUILDING HEIGHTS; BUILDING PLANNING; EASTERN SIBERIA; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; URBAN AIR POLLUTION DISPERSION; URBAN BUILDINGS; URBAN STREET CANYON; WIND FLOWS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

EURASIA; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 57949089937     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.076     Document Type: Article

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