On the pollutant removal, dispersion, and entrainment over two-dimensional idealized street canyons

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 135-136, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-142

  Liu, Chun Ho ^a   Wong, Colman C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air quality; Coherent structure; Large eddy simulation; Pollutant plume dispersion; Pollutant removal mechanism; Urban boundary layer

Indexed keywords

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); COHERENT STRUCTURE; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; VERTICAL POLLUTANT FLUXES;

AIR QUALITY; ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTION; STORM SEWERS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84884935690     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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