Probabilistic model for concentration fluctuations in compact-source plumes in an urban environment

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-208

  Yee, Eugene ^a   Wang, Bing Chen ^b   Lien, Fue Sang ^c  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration fluctuations; Idealized obstacle arrays; Pollutant dispersion; Probabilistic models; Scalar dissipation; Urban canopy

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS; IDEALIZED OBSTACLE ARRAYS; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SCALAR DISSIPATION; URBAN CANOPY;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANOPY; MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; URBAN AREA; WIND FIELD;

EID: 58549088168     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9347-1     Document Type: Article

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