Flow and turbulence in an urban canyon

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-223

  Zajic, D ^a,b   Fernando, H J S ^a,c   Calhoun, R ^a   Princevac, M ^a,d   Brown, M J ^b   Pardyjak, E R ^e  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d University of California Riverside   (United States)

^e University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Turbulence; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW PATTERNS; ANALYSIS OF DATA; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; BUILDING CONFIGURATION; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INFLOW CONDITIONS; OKLAHOMA; OKLAHOMA CITY; STABILITY CONDITION; STREET CANYON; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENCE LEVEL; TURBULENCE PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN METEOROLOGY; VELOCITY SCALE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND PATTERNS; WIND-FLOW PATTERN;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW PATTERNS; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; FLOW PATTERN; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; URBAN CLIMATE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

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

EID: 79951650574     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2525.1     Document Type: Article

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