Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow and dispersion over a complex urban street canyon

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1381-1403

  Moon, Kiyoung ^a   Hwang, Jeong Min ^a   Kim, Byung Gu ^a   Lee, Changhoon ^a   Choi, Jung il ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Pollutant dispersion; Subgrid scale model; Tall building; Turbulent flow; Urban street canyon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892699924     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: 15731510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-013-9331-2     Document Type: Article

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