Numerical investigation of pollutant transport characteristics inside deep urban street canyons

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2410-2418

  Li, Xian Xiang ^a   Liu, Chun Ho ^a   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Deep street canyon; Large eddy simulation (LES); Pollutant dispersion; Turbulent diffusion

Indexed keywords

DEEP STREET CANYON; GROUND LEVELS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); LOCAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; POLLUTANT REMOVALS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORTS; RECIRCULATIONS; SHEAR LAYERS; STREET CANYONS; TURBULENCE INTENSITIES; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; URBAN STREET CANYONS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WIND SPEED;

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DIFFUSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSAL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; STREET CANYON; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 63249117607     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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