Impact of height and shape of building roof on air quality in urban street canyons

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 5220-5229

  Yassin, Mohamed F ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulent; CFD model; Pollutant dispersion; Roof buildings; Roof height; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ROOF; CFD MODEL; DIFFUSION FIELDS; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; ROOF SHAPE; STREET CANYON; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN STREET CANYON; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS; WIND FLOW;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; FOG; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POLLUTION; TURBULENCE MODELS; WIND TUNNELS;

ROOFS;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; HEIGHT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROOF; SHAPE; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING ROOF HEIGHT; BUILDING ROOF SHAPE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIND;

EID: 79960842794     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.060     Document Type: Article

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