Pollutant dispersion in idealized city models with different urban morphologies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 6011-6025

  Hang, Jian ^a   Sandberg, Mats ^b   Li, Yuguo ^a   Claesson, Leif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; City form; Pollutant dispersion; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CITY MODEL; DISPERSION PROCESS; HEIGHT RATIO; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; MEAN FLOW; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCES; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; WIDTH RATIO;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); DISPERSIONS; MORPHOLOGY; ROADS AND STREETS; ROOFS; SIMULATORS;

AIR POLLUTION;

MODELING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 71049178306     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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