A New Aerodynamic Parametrization for Real Urban Surfaces

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-377

  Kanda, Manabu ^a   Inagaki, Atsushi ^a   Miyamoto, Takashi ^a   Gryschka, Micha ^b   Raasch, Siegfried ^b  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic parametrization; Displacement height; Large eddy simulation; Real urban surfaces; Three dimensional building map

Indexed keywords

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); AERODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; DISPLACEMENT HEIGHT; PARAMETRIZATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TURBULENT STATISTICS; URBAN SURFACES; VON KARMAN CONSTANT;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TALL BUILDINGS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; DRAG; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; WIND VELOCITY;

AICHI; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; NAGOYA; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)];

EID: 84880508388     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9818-x     Document Type: Article

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