Mass Transfer Velocity and Momentum Vertical Exchange in Simulated Deep Street Canyons

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-142

  Murena, F ^a   Di Benedetto, A ^b   D'Onofrio, M ^a   Vitiello, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computation fluid dynamics; Deep street canyon; Mass transfer; Modelling; Operational models

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BOX MODELS; BUILDING HEIGHT; CFD SIMULATIONS; CO CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; DEEP STREET CANYON; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MASS TRANSFER VELOCITY; MODEL CURVE; MODELLING; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL MODELS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SIMPLE EXPRESSION; SIMULATION CURVES; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS; TRAFFIC-PRODUCED TURBULENCES; WIND SPEED;

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; MODELS; POLLUTION; VELOCITY;

MASS TRANSFER;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MASS TRANSFER; STREET CANYON; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79958075126     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9602-8     Document Type: Article

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