The model SIRANE for atmospheric urban pollutant dispersion; part I, presentation of the model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7379-7395

  Soulhac, Lionel ^a   Salizzoni, Pietro ^a   Cierco, F X ^a   Perkins, Richard ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Numerical model; Pollutant dispersion; Street network; Urban canopy

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; NUMERICAL MODELS;

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; STREET NETWORK; TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN DISPERSION MODELING;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREET CANYON; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXHAUST GAS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY;

EID: 80755132128     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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