Thermal conditions and ventilation in an ideal city model of Hong Kong

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1139-1148

  Yang, Lina ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

City ventilation; Thermal buoyancy; Thermal stratification; Urban thermal environment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE MODELS; VENTILATION; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COOLING OF BUILDINGS; THERMAL BUOYANCY; THERMAL CONDITION; TURBULENCE EFFECT; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79953027578     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.06.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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