Effects of Wall Heating on Flow Characteristics in a Street Canyon

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-467

  Cai, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Solar radiation; Turbulent characteristics; Urban street canyon; Wall heating

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS LENGTH; AIR TEMPERATURE; EXCHANGE PROCESS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HEATED WALL; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ON FLOW; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PRIMARY FACTORS; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STREET CANYON; TURBULENT CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENT PROCESS; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN STREET CANYON; URBAN SURFACES; WALL FUNCTION;

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROOFS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; CANOPY; HEATING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOF; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; UPDRAFT; WALL;

EID: 84856372143     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9681-6     Document Type: Article

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