Dispersion in a street canyon for a wind direction parallel to the street axis

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 903-910

  Soulhac, L ^a   Salizzoni, P ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Pollutant dispersion; Street canyon; Urban canopy flow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; POLLUTION;

CRITICAL LENGTH; GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS; MODEL-BASED OPC; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; STREET CANYON; URBAN CANOPIES;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 78149413628     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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