How to Parametrize Urban-Canopy Drag to Reproduce Wind-Direction Effects Within the Canopy

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-63

  Santiago, J L ^a   Coceal, O ^b   Martilli, A ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulations (DNS); Drag coefficients; Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (RANS); Urban canopy parametrization; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROCESSES; FLOW PROPERTIES; INCOMING FLOWS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES SIMULATIONS; URBAN CANOPIES; WIND DIRECTIONS;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CANOPY; DRAG COEFFICIENT; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 84884210661     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9833-y     Document Type: Article

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