Validation of OML, AERMOD/PRIME and MISKAM using the Thompson wind-tunnel dataset for simple stack-building configurations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-83

  Olesen, Helge Rørdam ^a   Berkowicz, Ruwim ^a   Ketzel, Matthias ^a   Løfstrøm, Per ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building amplification factor; Building downwash; Dispersion; Model discrepancy factor; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; AMPLIFICATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; TUNNELS; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; BUILDING CONFIGURATIONS; BUILDING EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDS; COMPUTING RESOURCES; DATA SETS; DISPERSION MODELS; MODEL DISCREPANCY FACTOR; NEAR FIELDS; PLUME MODELS; SPECIFIC LOCATIONS; THOMPSON; WIND-TUNNEL;

MODEL BUILDINGS;

ALGORITHM; AMPLIFICATION; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA SET; DISPERSION; MODEL; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 62649115451     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9355-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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