Effect of real-time boundary wind conditions on the air flow and pollutant dispersion in an urban street canyon-Large eddy simulations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3352-3359

  Zhang, Yun Wei ^a   Gu, Zhao Lin ^a,b   Cheng, Yan ^a   Lee, Shun Cheng ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air flow; Boundary condition; Large eddy simulation; Pollutant dispersion; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR MASS; AIR MOVEMENT; DISPERSION MECHANISMS; EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; SHEAR LAYER; SIMULATED RESULTS; STREET CANYON; TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS; UPPER AIR; UPPER BOUNDARY; URBAN STREET CANYON; URBAN STREETS; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND DATA;

AIR; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISPERSIONS; EXPANSION; FLOW STRUCTURE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROOFS; SHEAR FLOW; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REAL TIME; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DATA ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SIMULATION; TIME; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 79956044440     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.055     Document Type: Article

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