Thermal effect on pollutant dispersion in an urban street Canyon

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 813-820

  Wang, P ^a   Zhao, D ^a   Wang, W ^a   Mu, H ^b   Cai, G ^a   Liao, C ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buoyancy flux; CFD; Pollutant dispersion; Thermal effect; Urban street canyon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; FLOW FIELD; FLOW STRUCTURE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SOLAR RADIATION; STREET CANYON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VORTEX; WIND FIELD;

EID: 79960325644     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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