Concentration fluctuations in a downtown urban area. Part II: Analysis of Joint Urban 2003 wind-tunnel measurements

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-60

  Klein, P ^a   Leitl, B ^b   Schatzmann, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Concentration fluctuations; Peak concentrations; Urban air quality; Wind tunnel modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MODELING; PROBABILITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651409133     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-010-9195-7     Document Type: Article

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