Measurements of Turbulence and Dispersion in Three Idealized Urban Canopies with Different Aspect Ratios and Comparisons with a Gaussian Plume Model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-121

  Huq, Pablo ^a   Franzese, Pasquale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Ecology and Environment Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion length scales; Gaussian plume model; Obstacle arrays; Urban canopy; Urban dispersion experiments; Water tunnel

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION LENGTH; GAUSSIAN PLUME MODELS; OBSTACLE ARRAY; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN DISPERSION; WATER TUNNEL;

ASPECT RATIO; INDUSTRIAL POISONS;

DISPERSIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 84874566448     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9780-z     Document Type: Article

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