Modeling of the urban heat island in the form of mesoscale wind and of its effect on air pollution dispersal

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2520-2530

  Agarwal, Manju ^a   Tandon, Abhinav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Area source; Crank Nicolson; Large scale wind; Mesoscale wind; Pollution; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AREA SOURCE; AREA SOURCES; CRANK-NICOLSON; LARGE-SCALE WIND; MESOSCALE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; THERMAL POLLUTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77952544066     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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