Age of air and air exchange efficiency in high-rise urban areas and its link to pollutant dilution

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 5572-5585

  Hang, Jian ^a,b   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age of air; Air exchange efficiency; Building area density; High rise building array; Homogeneous emission method; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; TALL BUILDINGS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

AGE OF AIR; AIR EXCHANGE EFFICIENCIES; BUILDING AREAS; EMISSION METHOD; HIGH-RISE BUILDING ARRAYS;

AIR;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DILUTION; EXHAUST EMISSION; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR EXCHANGE EFFICIENCY; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CANOPY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOW RATE; HONG KONG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WIND;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80051472413     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.051     Document Type: Article

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