City ventilation of Hong Kong at no-wind conditions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3111-3121

  Yang, Lina ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

City ventilation rate; Slope flow; Surface temperature; Thermal buoyancy; Wall flow

Indexed keywords

AIR CHANGE RATES; AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; BUILDING SURFACES; BUILDING WALLS; CITY VENTILATION RATE; EXTERIOR SURFACES; EXTERIOR WALLS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FLAT SURFACES; HONG-KONG; INFRA-RED THERMOGRAPHIES; INTEGRAL ANALYSIS; MINIMUM SURFACES; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOWS; SLOPE FLOW; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL BUOYANCY; URBAN SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN SURFACES; VERTICAL SURFACES; WALL SURFACES; WIND CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; BUOYANCY; LANDFORMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VENTILATION; WALL FLOW; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

BUOYANCY; DIURNAL VARIATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SLOPE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW RATE; HONG KONG; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN AREA; WEATHER; WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 67349236046     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.062     Document Type: Article

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