Numerical modeling on air quality in an urban environment with changes of the aspect ratio and wind direction

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3975-3988

  Yassin, Mohamed F ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Air quality; Aspect ratio; Numerical models; Pollutant dispersion; Urban environment; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FLOW FIELD; GAS FLOW; HEALTH RISK; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RESPIRATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREET CANYON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

EID: 84878113444     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1270-9     Document Type: Article

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