Urban-scale CFD analysis in support of a climate-sensitive design for the Tokyo Bay area

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-188

  Ashie, Yasunobu ^a   Kono, Takaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Tokyo; Urban heat island; Urban planning; Wind path

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT RELEASE; CFD; CFD ANALYSIS; CFD TECHNIQUE; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; DEVELOPED MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MORPHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; TOKYO; TOKYO BAY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN REDEVELOPMENT; URBAN VENTILATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT ISLAND; HEAT PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREET CANYON; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)]; TOKYO BAY;

EID: 78751685671     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2226     Document Type: Article

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