Effects of differential wall heating in street canyons on dispersion and ventilation characteristics of a passive scalar

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 268-277

  Cai, Xiaoming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Large eddy simulation; Passive scalars; Urban street canyon; Wall heating

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; EXCHANGE VELOCITY; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PASSIVE SCALARS; STREET CANYON; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL DRIVEN; TOTAL RESISTANCE; TURBULENT FLUX; TURBULENT PROCESS; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN STREET CANYON; WALL FUNCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DISPERSION (WAVES); LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROOFS; SUN; VENTILATION; VORTEX FLOW;

DISPERSIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; HEATING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION; STREET CANYON; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VENTILATION; VORTEX; WALL;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84857794220     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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