A modeling investigation of the impact of street and building configurations on personal air pollutant exposure in isolated deep urban canyons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 429-448

  Ng, Wai Yin ^a   Chau, Chi Kwan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building setback; CFD models; Isolated deep canyons; Permeability of buildings; Personal exposures; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; FLOORS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS; URBAN PLANNING;

BUILDING CONFIGURATION; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DECISION MAKING MODELS; ISOLATED DEEP CANYONS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS)EQUATIONS;

BUILDINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DECISION MAKING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANNING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

BUILDING SETBACK; CFD MODELS; ISOLATED DEEP CANYONS; PERMEABILITY OF BUILDINGS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; URBAN PLANNING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WIND;

EID: 84884401586     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.077     Document Type: Article

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