Airflow patterns within a complex urban topography under hot and dry climate in the Algerian Sahara

Building and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-175

  Kitous, Samia ^a   Bensalem, Rafik ^a   Adolphe, Luc ^b  

^a EPAU   (Algeria)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Complex topography; Horizontal airflow; Irregular urban morphology; On site measurement; Thermal environment; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; HORIZONTAL AIRFLOW; ON-SITE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

AIR; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; ROOFS; WIND EFFECTS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

ALGERIA; GHARDAIA;

EID: 84860611765     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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