Effect of hilly urban morphology on dispersion in the urban boundary layer

Building and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Sun, Long ^a   Nottrott, Anders ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hilly terrain; Immersed boundary method; Large eddy simulation; Urban boundary layer; Urban pollution dispersion

Indexed keywords

AIR EXCHANGES; AIR FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; BUILDING ARRAY; BUILDING HEIGHT; CANOPY LEVEL; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; FLAT TERRAINS; FLOW FEATURES; HILLY TERRAIN; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; URBAN AREAS; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN DISPERSION MODELS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POLLUTION DISPERSION;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; FLOW SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LANDFORMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DISPERSIONS;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HILLSLOPE; KINETIC ENERGY; SURFACE LAYER; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; VENTILATION;

EID: 80053342246     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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