Deep 3D thermal modelling for the city of Berlin (Germany)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3545-3566

  Sippel, Judith ^a   Fuchs, Sven ^a   Cacace, Mauro ^a   Braatz, Anna ^b   Kastner, Oliver ^a   Huenges, Ernst ^a   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WINTERSHALL HOLDING GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D geological model; Conductive thermal field; Coupled fluid and heat transport; Energy Atlas Berlin

Indexed keywords

3D GEOLOGICAL MODEL; 3D STRUCTURAL MODEL; 3D THERMAL SIMULATION; ENERGY ATLAS BERLIN; FORCED CONVECTIVE FLOWS; HEAT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; THERMAL FIELD;

AQUIFERS; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COOLING; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LITHOSPHERE; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 84888334607     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2679-2     Document Type: Article

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