Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of the Diurnal Variation of Flow in a Street Canyon

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-92

  Kwak, Kyung Hwan ^a   Baik, Jong Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Hyun ^a,b   Ryu, Young Hee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics model; Diurnal variation; Flow regime; Street canyon flow; Urban radiation process; Urban surface process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOW REGIME; STREET-CANYON FLOW; URBAN RADIATION PROCESS; URBAN SURFACES;

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED; VORTEX FLOW; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WIND EFFECTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STREET CANYON; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80052294850     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9630-4     Document Type: Article

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