Conditions for thermal circulation in urban street canyons

Building and Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-191

  Dallman, Ann ^a   Magnusson, S ^b   Britter, R ^c   Norford, L ^c   Entekhabi, D ^b   Fernando, H J S ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric flows; Buoyancy; Dynamical regimes; Street canyon; Thermal effects; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEATING; SUN; THERMAL EFFECTS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; DYNAMICAL REGIME; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; SHIPPING CONTAINERS; STREET CANYON; URBAN CANYONS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BUOYANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; STREET CANYON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84904613462     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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