On the impact of anthropogenic heat fluxes on the urban boundary layer: A two-dimensional numerical study

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-127

  Krpo, Andrea ^a   Salamanca, Francisco ^b   Martilli, Alberto ^b   Clappier, Alain ^c  

^a HBI Haerter Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic heat; Building energy model; Urban canopy parameterisation; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT FLUX; BUILDING ENERGY MODEL; FINITE VOLUME; FLAT TERRAINS; IN-BUILDINGS; MESOSCALE MODEL; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARAMETERISATION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FORESTRY; THERMAL POLLUTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; BOUNDARY LAYER; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 77953715703     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9491-2     Document Type: Article

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