Adaptation of pressure based CFD solvers for mesoscale atmospheric problems

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-103

  Kristóf, Gergely ^a   Rácz, Norbert ^a   Balogh, Miklós ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Convection; Dispersion of pollutants; Mesoscale flows; Transformation; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ANELASTICITY; ARBITRARY LEVELS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATIONS; CFD SOLVERS; CONVECTION; COUPLED EFFECTS; FIELD VARIABLES; GENERAL METHODS; GENERAL PURPOSE; GEOMETRICAL MODELLING; HIGH FLEXIBILITIES; LABORATORY-SCALE; LARGE CITIES; LOCAL GRID REFINEMENTS; MESOSCALE FLOWS; MICRO-SCALE; MODEL EQUATIONS; MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; NEW APPROACHES; PRESSURE-BASED; SOURCE TERMS; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCES; TRANSFORMATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND CIRCULATIONS; URBAN POLLUTION DISPERSIONS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CORIOLIS FORCE; DISPERSION; HEAT ISLAND; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 62649095801     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9325-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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