A novel methodology for interpreting air quality measurements from urban streets using CFD modelling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 5230-5239

  Solazzo, Efisio ^a   Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^a,b   Cai, Xiaoming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Passive diffusion tubes; Roadside monitoring; Urban street canyons

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BENZENE CONCENTRATION; BIRMINGHAM; CFD MODELLING; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMBINING SETS; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; MONITORING LOCATIONS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; PASSIVE DIFFUSIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; ROADSIDE MONITORING; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPECIFIC LOCATION; STREET CANYON; SYNOPTIC WINDS; URBAN STREET CANYON; URBAN STREETS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; WEIGHTING COEFFICIENT; WIND SPEED;

AIR; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BENZENE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; MONITORING; POLLUTION; ROADSIDES; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREET CANYON; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TURBULENCE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN TRANSPORT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA BASE; DISPERSION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

BIRMINGHAM [BIRMINGHAM (DST)]; BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960834634     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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