A methodology to urban air quality assessment during large time periods of winter using computational fluid dynamic models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2089-2097

  Parra, M A ^a   Santiago, J L ^b   Martin F ^b   Martilli, A ^b   Santamaria J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient wind direction; Computational fluid dynamics; Experimental measurements; Pamplona; Urban flow and dispersion

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WIND DIRECTION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; PAMPLONA; URBAN FLOW; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEADY STATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

NAVARRA; PAMPLONA; SPAIN;

EID: 77951123776     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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