Wind tunnel measurements of pollutant turbulent fluxes in urban intersections

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 669-674

  Carpentieri, Matteo ^a   Hayden, Paul ^a   Robins, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration measurements; Laser Doppler anemometry; Pollutant exchanges; Urban canopy; Vertical exchanges

Indexed keywords

BALANCE CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GLOUCESTER; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; LONDON , UK; MASS-EXCHANGE PROCESS; MODELLING STUDIES; STREET CANYON; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER FLUXES; TURBULENT FLUX; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN INTERSECTIONS; URBAN STREETS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

AIR QUALITY; ANEMOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; GEOMETRY; LABORATORY METHOD; STREET CANYON; TRACER; TURBULENCE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANEMOMETRY; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82955162662     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.083     Document Type: Article

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