Modeling the effects of a solid barrier on pollutant dispersion under various atmospheric stability conditions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-85

  Steffens, Jonathan T ^a   Heist, David K ^b   Perry, Steven G ^b   Zhang, K Max ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow recirculation; Modeling; Pollutant dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SIMULATION; AEROSOL DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CFD MODELS; EDGE EFFECT; FLOW RECIRCULATION; GAS CHEMISTRY; LEADING EDGE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RANS MODELS; RECIRCULATING FLOW; RECIRCULATION ZONES; ROADSIDE BARRIERS; ROADWAY DESIGN; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; STRONG-MIXING; TRACER STUDY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; DISPERSION; EDGE EFFECT; METEOROLOGY; MOTORWAY; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84872008470     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.11.051     Document Type: Article

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